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  • INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION FOR PEDOPHILIA

    Posted on February 2nd, 2011 zshapiro No comments

    John Wrenshall, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to twenty-five years in the United States District Courk in Newark, New Jersey for running a pedophiliac resort out of his Thai house. He supplied young boys, as young as four year old, to foreigners who are pedophiliacs. In order to teach the kids what to do, he’d have them practice on him. He had two prior related convictions in Canada, where he was a scoutmaster, for pedophiliac related activities.

    What he did was evil. I guess some would excuse him for his own illness. But a pedophiliac cannot be excused to providing children for others. The children will be scarred for life. He’s 54 and it is unlikely that he will live another 25 years to get out of prison alive. Pedophiliacs are the bottom of the feeding chain in prison.

    My question is, why was he prosecuted in the United States? The acts happened in Thailand. I presume that what he did was illegal in Thailand. 1 It seems like Thailand has the greatest claim to prosecute him. He is a Canadian citizen, Canada may have a claim. He was arrested in Great Britain. The British may have a claim. It is true that three of the pedophiles who traveled to his “resort” lived in the United States, but certainly the Thais have a higher claim.

    Do other countries say that the United States is so rich that we can better afford to try and incarcerate people? 2 Are other countries afraid of the American reaction if they try our citizens 3 Or have we just become the police of the world. We arrest people for transporting narcotics on the open seas. We try people for terrorist acts occurring throughout the world.

    Jurisdiction is the right of a court to try a particular person in a particular type of case. A court must haver geographic ties to the crime. The US government no doubt argued that Wrenshall advertised in this country of enticed American citizens but just the same it seems like we are stepping on the toes of Thailand, a country not strong enough to disagree with the United States.

    Notes:

    1. And if they are not illegal in Thailand, as morally corrupt as they may be Wrenshall should not be prosecuted for acts that were legal when he committed them. ↩
    2. But look at the deficit. ↩
    3. We have objected to prosecutions of US citizens in Malaysia, Iran, and elsewhere. ↩
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