EXPLAINER: Expert: Overseas conviction no bar to US charges
Associated PressThe filing of U.S. charges against a Chicago woman convicted of killing her wealthy mother during a luxury vacation in Bali has raised questions about how someone who has spent time in an overseas prison can be hauled into an American court on similar charges. It’s a federal crime to kill a U.S. citizen abroad, said Barbara McQuade, a University of Michigan law professor and former U.S. attorney in Detroit. Mack’s attorney, Brian Claypool, said U.S. authorities simply want to “pound her into the cement some more” with the new case. In Minneapolis, former police officer Derek Chauvin is facing federal civil rights charges in the 2020 death of George Floyd, while already serving a 22 1/2-year state prison sentence for Floyd’s murder. In Mack’s case, McQuade said it’s possible that a judge might give her some credit for time spent in prison overseas if she’s convicted in Chicago.
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