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You are missing the point that none of these happened without the criminal taking the risk that they would be caught before escaping the country where the crime occured.

The proposal is to make the law change so these are risk-free crimes. The law would not be a deterent to commiting crimes.

The fun thing about this proposal is when people say they want "countries to compete" they are often pushing for a market solution for the rich to get richer. But in this case it would hurt rich and poor alike. Jeff Bezos has little to gain from american law to be optional for americans and anyone to be able to murder him and opt out of the law by leaving the country.




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