I sometimes revisit this article. I tried to explain this to Bruce, but he doesn't seem to want to listen. He just gets mad.

He keeps asking why U.S. law is like this, why Anna Sacoolas is allowed to walk free.

The point is, U.S. has nothing to do with Anna Sacoolas' crime in England. If anyone is to punish her, England would have to. The U.S. cannot punish someone for crimes committed in England.

But don't blame England. Anna Sacoolas is a diplomat's wife, and her husband was acting as a diplomat while they were in England. As such, she enjoyed diplomatic immunity.

Diplomatic immunity is not U.S. law. It's international law. Anna Sacoolas is not an example of the U.S. law acting badly or unfairly. We cannot punish Sacoolas in this country. The U.S. government's hands are tied in this case.

In sum: Anna Sacoolas didn't break U.S. law. She broke English law. And she can't be punished because she had diplomatic immunity, under international law.

So, it's useless to wail, "Why is U.S. law like this?"

It's not U.S. law. She didn't break U.S. law. And she is protected by international law.

I also suggested that a much better example would be Ethan Couch. Killed four people drunk driving, at age 16, when he wasn't supposed to be driving alone. Got ten years probation. That's it.