[Alberta's Child]

So if I am mugged in Paris, my assailant is subject to prosecution under U.S. law?

[Zhang Fei]

[So if I am mugged in Paris, my assailant is subject to prosecution under U.S. law?]

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These things are subject to resource constraints, but serious offenses are prosecuted and extraditions sought. One example is Klinghoffer’s murderer, who was detained in post-Saddam Iraq, but croaked before the procedural hurdles could be surmounted.