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From: Jeremiah Stevens <jeremiah@********.EDU>
Subject: Re: Prison in Shadowrun
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:41:26 -0500
> Any corp with the resources to have its own jails is going to have
> extraterritoriality, which means that they determine the prisoner's rights,
> and lack thereof.
>
> The same laws that let them ignore gun control laws let them declare
> trespassing a capitol crime and cack runners as soon as the Mind Probe wears
> off. And Lone Star is just another corp.
>
However, Lone Star is hired by a government to enforce the laws of that
government. Thus, Lone Star would be bound by its contract to uphold the
UCAS Constitution. If yout scenario were true, then any area under Lone
Star enforcement would be effectively extraterritorial, as Lone Star could
enforce any law it so desired.

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