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Kind of, not entirely true for most laws, only ones of certain levels typically the big captial punishment or long term imprisonment ones such as rape, CP, murder, certain financial crimes, and conspiracies to commit said prior.

Drinking underage for example, most examples of drugs too. Even internally in the US they don't have specific right to arrest someone for smoking weed in a state that is legal as federal agents on state land (or private), not within 50 miles of a border.



> only ones of certain levels typically

in what country are any of the things you listed legal?


I think they were listing some extreme examples of things you'd probably be prosecuted back home for, regardless of where you committed those crimes.




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