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   Louis Epstein to radioacti...@gmail.com   
   Re: VATICAN INTRIGUE: Possible pope pote   
   18 Dec 23 06:07:11   
   
   From: le@main.lekno.ws   
      
   radioacti...@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > So the never-gonna-be-Pope Cardinal is going off to prison, eh?  We'll see   
   if the convicted Cardinal ends up spending even a day behind bars.   
   >   
   > But that of course raises the question:  where would he do his time?  I'm   
   guessing jurisdictional concerns would prevent it from being the Supermax in   
   Colorado.  Presumably, surrounding Italy has an extradition-like treaty with   
   The Vatican to fork over    
   and ultimately incarcerate the occasional inside-tiny-Vatican crimes, I'd   
   imagine.   
   >   
   > It certainly WON'T be in The Vatican itself, as even IF they've got a lockup   
   > there--and they OUGHTA, because I bet that less-than-a-square-mile sovereign   
   > territory is a magnet for espionage--it's more akin to Mayberry's   
   > Otis-residential jail than to San Quentin.   
      
   Why WOULDN'T it be in a Vatican lockup?   
      
   > Seriously, I suspect this thing will end up with him under house arrest in   
   > the same apartment he's already in, only with several Swiss Guards outside   
   > his door.  And that would be a spectacle, 'cause those guys sure know how to   
   > dress.   
      
   ...and wouldn't that count as a Vatican lockup?   
      
   > BRYAN STYBLE/Florida   
   > ===================   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard   
   > --------------   
   > https://news.yahoo.com/pope-former-adviser-jailed-over-002149633.html   
      
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