Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] manmade feature borders was Re: Strange section chit border<br/>
Date: Apr 13, 2004 @ 00:43<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1443876496">Mike wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; however there are also in the treaty text 2 verbal descriptions of<br/>
&gt; the limits of italian police jurisdiction<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; but i cant tell if these were intended as further substantiation of<br/>
&gt; the delineation shown on the map<br/>
&gt; nor can i be sure they even agree with each other<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; one apparently indicates<br/>
&gt; the outer lines & prolongation of the colonnade<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; & the other apparently indicates<br/>
&gt; the foot of the steps leading to the basilica<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Remember back in 1981, when a Turkish prison escapee shot Pope John Paul II in<br/>
St. Peter&#39;s Square?  I remember that it was reported at the time that he was<br/>
arrested on the site by the Italian police and prosecuted in an Italian court.<br/>
I wondered back then how that worked, when the Vatican City was supposed to be<br/>
sovereign.  Then, in 2000, then Italian President Ciampi pardoned the guy after<br/>
the Pope had requested clemency for him &quot;if Italian law permitted it.&quot;  After<br/>
the pardon, the Italian government extradited him to Turkey to serve a ten-year<br/>
sentence for the murder of a newspaper editor there before he shot the Pope.<br/>
<br/>
This is powerful evidence that Italian police power does cover the Piazza di San<br/>
Pietro &quot;to the foot of the steps of the Basillica&quot; despite the fact that it is<br/>
part of the Vatican City State.  So says the treaty!<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>