Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4839682-20140819182912/@comment-24936039-20141029201656

Utter solitude wrote: >Avatar Alpha wrote: I'm so tired of everyon acting like Regina's a victim because Emma saved Marion {poor girl, losing the affection of her husband and son to her murderer} and people glossing over it like it's no big deal the Regina killed her originally. I know she's trying to save her and everything but with her new plan regarding the Book, you never can tell. At least let her finally, truly admit that she caused her own unhappiness.

As has already been said, we've seen so much growth from Regina. She's gone from letting the fire of revenge burn her to trying to find another way to make her life better. (Albeit a juvenile one. Instead of writing her own story, she's relying on the book, assuming it has some mystical power over everyone's lives) She still has a long way to go, but she's come so far and it's unfair to ignore that. Marian just kind of throws it all into chaos with her very presence.

Regina has committed murder of the first degree and conspiracy to commit regicide as well as crimes against humanity in the EF. However, the kingdoms of Mist Haven are not signatures of any sort of extradition treaties with the USA nor the Geneva Convention (dah!). So as long as Regina stays in the USA, she cannot be extradited nor tried for these crimes (and perhaps some shadow government organization in the USA is aware of something strange going on in Maine). Being an illegal alien (just about everyone would be except for Henry who was born in the USA) I guess the USA could DEPORT her (how the border patrol could do this though would be interesting - it's not like they could put her on a bus and dump her at a border)

However, she is certainly guilty of the murder of Graham and Kurt Flynn* (presumably a US citizen) as well as conspiracy to kidnapping Kathryn. As far as I know, there is no Statute of Limitations on these crimes (and even though she could claim to be a foreign dignitary, without treaties there would not be diplomatic immunity).

So despite her growing as a character, there is still justice to pay whether she is able to stay in the USA or in the EF (although I guess Snow could Pardon her).


 * I also wonder what happened during the year that Storybrooke 'evaporated' - While Graham's body would presumable be sent back to the EF, Kurt's body would still be there.  And I don't think Kurt and Owen were the only people ever to hike in the area that Storybrooke landed...  Would there be a possible episode dealing with 'loose ends' here?