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Comment by nradov

11 hours ago

That's really not legally correct. Unless the case is specifically tied to terrorism, US federal courts don't claim jurisdiction over murders of private US citizens abroad.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual...

> US federal courts don't claim jurisdiction over murders of private US citizens abroad.

I meant if someone who is abroad (and never sets foot in usa) pays an assain to go to usa to murder someone on us soil.