"Dog" the Bounty Hunter, extradition to Mexico?

[whitequeen96]

I can't believe I would ever take this guy up as a cause, because I've never watched his show. I'm closing in on "middle-age," lead a very home-body kind of life, and always thought he looked rather trashy. But I just watched one show, which happened to be the one where they talked about how he is about to be extradited to Mexico for capturing the escaped Andrew Luster, the infamous "Max Factor heir" and convicted serial rapist.

If you don't know about this case, I just sent the following letter to a number of TV news outlets, such as Nancy Grace and (gulp! I hate this guy, but...) even Bill O'Reily!

Re: Extradition of Duane "Dog" Chapman, Bounty Hunter, to Mexico

Duane Chapman, Leland Chapman, and Tim Chapman, bounty hunters, went into Mexico to capture convicted serial rapist Andrew Luster, the infamous "Max Factor heir,” who is a U.S. citizen. Luster was returned to the U.S. and is now serving 124 years for his crimes. However, the Chapmans were detained by the Mexican government, and kept in jail for approximately one week for “deprivation of liberty.” They then posted bail, and came home to the U.S. Unfortunately, they are now about to be extradited, nearly 3 years later, to Mexico, where they face possibly 4 years in prison. As they are famous bounty hunters (“Dog“ has his own TV show), incarceration would almost surely result in their murders in the prison.

“Deprivation of liberty” is considered a misdemeanor in Mexico. It is not the same as kidnapping. Their capture of Andrew Luster was not a felonious act, by any definition. Rather, it was the capture and return to justice of an escaped, convicted serial rapist—a serial rapist that, when his Puerto Vallarta residence was searched, evidence proved intended to seek vengeance against those who had testified against him.

This is unjust and should not be allowed. Even if they committed a misdemeanor in Mexico, should they be sentenced to almost certain death by vengeful prisoners? I would think that the Mexican government would be pleased to have a dangerous rapist out of their country, particularly as he was not a Mexican citizen. Please look into this matter and stop this gross miscarriage of justice!

Here is the link to the A&E website with the latest news on this case. I think it would be a popular cause for you to take up. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now]

[tlspiegel]

I love his show. It's extremely entertaining but the good part is how Duane and his wife have such huge hearts and when they bring a bad person in they try to talk to them in a way that makes them realize the life they are leading is no good and they can change, just as Duane did. They both try to get the bad person on the right track. I think putting Duane in prison in Mexico would be a travesty of justice.

Andrew Luster is evil.

[lookin4delz]

This is wrong-here he gets a very bad guy put away and has to go to jail-you'd think they would be grateful that this guy is not on the loose in their country. What are they thinking?!

[mrbowler]

Originally Posted by whitequeen96

I would think that the Mexican government would be pleased to have a dangerous rapist out of their country, particularly as he was not a Mexican citizen.

You would think-I believe mexico does not allow bounty hunters, but U.S. could work with mexico to extradite(yes-I realize with all the corruption etc. that catching a person with money in mexico would be difficult to say the least). I do question Dog's intentions-sure he got somebody who needed to be caught, but you have tons of others in the U.S. that he could of gone after for free. Unfortunately we have to honor other countries laws even though we may not agree with-on the flipside you sure can question whether other countries honor our laws(mexico-illegals crossing the borders, drug smuggling). This really does stink, and it makes you wonder if these guys just like the border patrol agents convicted are basically used as pawns in the overall game that is being played.

[YorkieLover]

Very well worded, WQ.

I'm not a big fan of the show, but I, too, have noticed their soft hearts and how they try to reason with wrongdoers. If we've heard everything about what happened in Mexico, Dog did a good thing for the world, and I can see no reason at all to punish him (and his family) for it.

[mrbowler]

Originally Posted by tlspiegel

I love his show. It's extremely entertaining but the good part is how Duane and his wife have such huge hearts and when they bring a bad person in they try to talk to them in a way that makes them realize the life they are leading is no good and they can change, just as Duane did. They both try to get the bad person on the right track. I think putting Duane in prison in Mexico would be a travesty of justice.

Andrew Luster is evil.

Toby-I agree Dog(duane) & Wife I believe have been on the other side-he was involved in some murder conviction-he did time, and his wife I think her name is Beth(check?) sounds like she had some drug problems. I've seen a couple shows when his wife treated the people kind of ******. Also a cleanup on the language they use wouldn't hurt.

[grinnerlynn]

i love this show, but we are only getting quite old repeats over here, look forward to a new series soon though. :-)