Is it an offence to drive on the wrong side of the road in America?

@Northwest Yeah, maybe we should change that. You'd think a diplomat would want to be the first to respect another country's rule of law.

@Graylight I agree but your expect the US State Dept to respect it too and not just dismiss an extradition request as ‘highly inappropriate’ and suggesting sending the woman back to face justice as ‘an abuse’. Have they any idea how his parents are feeling? That’s abuse.

@Gemini43 It is. Our reaction to extradition requests was unsympathetic at best.

@Northwest She was not a diplomat but a diplomat's wife.

@ArishMell In 1790, the United States passed legislation that provided absolute immunity for diplomats [b][i]and their families and servants[/i][/b], as well as for lower ranking diplomatic mission personnel.

@Northwest Oh, I didn't know that. Thank you for pointing this out. 1790 though... Can it still be valid more than 200 years later?

@ArishMell The Constitution is still valid.

@Northwest Oh yes, I know that. The question for your country to ask, is whether that right of immunity conferred in the 18C suits the 21C nation and world. It might [i]within[/i] the USA but here it concerned an incident in a foreign country.

@ArishMell Here's another shocker for you: this law form the basis of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which is adhered to by just about all UN members. And there's a reason for that.

@Northwest Well, it does not "shock" me. I am sure the law was created for the best or reasons but it can and evidently does create very difficult problems.