The Editor, Sir:

It appears to me that the justice system has gone awry and Jamaica has completely abrogated its responsibilities to its citizens.

It is the right of the accused to face his accuser in court and the accuser faces cross-examination. When should a law officer be accorded diplomatic immunity? Police and spies cannot be immune from being cross-examined in court. They are not diplomats; police are law enforcement officers and must be present in court to face those whom they accused of any breach of law, as in this case where the accuser is a DEA officer. The elected government of the country has a duty to protect the rights of its citizens and ensure that they are treated fairly.

It appears that the government of the United States of America is dictating to the government of Jamaica as it relates to extradition, because if the government of the U.S.A. accuses a Jamaican of any offence committed in America while the accused resides in Jamaica, for it to be an extraditable offence it has to be an offence also in Jamaica. The U.S.A. should present the evidence to the JCF and let them pursue the charges and seek justice because a breach of the Jamaican law(s) is also committed.

Why no charges in Jamaica but extradition? If the offence was committed in the U.S.A while the Jamaican national was in that country, then the case should be presented and the accused face extradition. But it is absurd to me to see the government extraditing its citizens to the U.S.A. on evidence that can be refuted.

I am, etc.,

JOHN D. WILSON

ampersand59@aol.com

Via Go-Jamaica