U.S. and Britain change diplomatic immunity rules in light of Harry Dunn's death

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

LONDON ­— The United States and Britain have agreed to "new arrangements" surrounding immunity agreements that allowed the wife of a U.S. official to leave the country after being involved in a fatal traffic accident.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the changes would mean that something similar cannot happen again.

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In a written statement, Raab said: “First and foremost, the U.S. waiver of immunity from criminal jurisdiction is now expressly extended to the family members of U.S. staff at the Croughton Annex, thus ending the anomaly in the previous arrangements and permitting the criminal prosecution of the family members of those staff, should these tragic circumstances ever arise again.”


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/us-and-britain-change-diplomatic-immunity-rules-in-light-of-harry-dunn-death/2020/07/22/e49a6206-cc0a-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. High sounding, face saving, cave

Limited to a specific facility, and not this time, but next time. These incidents happen every ...............other decade?

[bronxiteforever]

2. +1 exactly.

[Happy Hoosier]

3. Biden needs to extradite her.

It may have been an accident. But that doesn't mean there isn't culpability.

[TeamPooka]

4. That lady got away with manslaughter.