The punishment of treason, piracy, counterfeiting, as well as crimes committed on the high seas or against the law of nations, followed from relatively explicit constitutional authority. Signed into law by President George Washington on April 30, 1790Ĭlose ▲ Senator (and future Chief Justice) Oliver Ellsworth was the drafter of the Crimes Act.Īs an enactment of the First Congress, the Crimes Act is often regarded as a quasi-constitutional text.We respect our international obligations, and we expect other countries, including Pakistan, to do the same.”ĭavis shot dead two men in Lahore on January 27 and last week the police rejected his self-defence claim saying it was a clear case of murder. We are going to build this relationship for the long term. “We are building a strategic partnership with Pakistan. US State Department spokesman Philip J Crowley on Monday told reporters that the US government would file a petition for Davis' release in a court on Thursday and provide evidence regarding Davis' diplomatic immunity.ĭavis enjoys diplomatic immunity and that he should be released from detention, Crowley said, adding that Washington was building a strategic partnership with Pakistan and expected Islamabad to implement the international convention.

WASHINGTON: The US government has said that it will provide evidence in a Pakistani court that US national Raymond Davis is entitled to diplomatic immunity, television reports said. Raymond Davis, an American national who killed two Pakistanis in Lahore.

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