DargelSkout said:
It seems dumb to me that a one country can tell another country you can't charge him for that. What if it was murder? Could they say you can't charge him for murder, but we'll let you extradite him on assault charges.
Some years ago, there was the case of Robert Angleton charged with the murder of his wife, Doris, in conspiracy with his brother who committed suicide while awaiting trial.
Angleton was first tried for murder in Houston. To everyone's surprise, he was found not guilty! In an interview with a juror after the trial, the juror said something to the effect of "we think he did it, but the prosecution didn't prove it."
After that, the federal government stepped in and charged him with murder. A few days before the trial, Angleton disappeared. He was later arrested going through customs in Amsterdam with a couple of hundred thousand dollars hidden in his luggage.
The US wanted Angleton so they could continue with the murder trial, but Amsterdam refused because Angleton could face the death penalty if convicted. After a year or two, they did extradict Angleton with the agreement that Angleton would not be tried for murder until after he completed the punishment for another crime. So the US charged Angleton with tax evasion (not paying taxes on the million dollars in bookmaking profits that he had in a safety deposit box) and Angleton pled guilty.
Angleton received a sentence of nine years and was released after six years. I read somewhere that Angleton is believed to have returned to Europe and is no longer in the US.