Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman Update

Hi Everyone, wanted you to read this. Beth thanks everyone for their
support and is

sorry she doesnt have time to write everyone back. They are being
slammed right now between work, family and this nightmare. Be assured.
Duane and Beth

are overwhelmed by the love and prayers for them

Feel free to forward this to your Congressman, Senator and anyone else
that may matter

Sign the Petition at
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_pe...ned.cgi?dwayne



Save the 'Dog'

Washington Times

TODAY'S EDITORIAL
October 15, 2006

The latest example of Washington's disturbing tendency to do Mexico's
bidding concerns
the popular bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, whom U.S. marshals
arrested last month.

Mr. Chapman's crime? In June 2003,he apprehended Andrew Luster in
Puerto Vallarta,

Mexico, where the convicted rapist had fled some five months earlier.
Because of

Mr. Chapman, Luster is now serving his 124-year sentence in California.
We think this

makes Mr. Chapman a hero; but the Mexican government says he's a
criminal. Bounty

hunting is illegal in Mexico. So, when Mr. Chapman brought Luster into
custody in

Mexico he too was detained. But after posting bond, Mr. Chapman
returned to Hawaii,

where he's been ever since. The matter seemed to be dropped. Now, three
years later,

Mexico wants him back toface charges and the U.S. government appears
ready to

cooperate.

It shouldn't. First, it is highly doubtful that the Mexican authorities
were unaware of

Luster's presence in one of the most popular cities for American
tourists. For five

months, they let Luster be, even as U.S. federal agents were out
looking for him. At

the very least the Mexican government made no effort to help find him
(which is
typical). For this reason alone the Bush administration should not feel
the need to

yield to Mexico's demands regarding Mr. Chapman.

Consider too that after Mr. Chapman brought Luster down himself, the
police found more

of the date-rape drug he had used on his victims in this country. The
timing of

Mexico's extradition demands is also curious. Mr. Chapman has been
living quite freely

in Hawaii doing what he does best, which is hunting down fugitives. He
even has a

popular reality television series that follows him as he tracks his
targets.

In other words, it's not as if Mr. Chapman has been hiding from both
Mexican and U.S.

agents. Then, weeks before the statute of limitations runs out on
trying Mr. Chapman,

Mexico suddenly says it wants him back. The strange thing is that Mr.
Chapman was

working with U.S. agents when he caught Luster. Even the Mexican judge
that initially

tried him dismissed the charges.

Fortunately, some members of Congress led by Rep. Tom Tancredo have
come to Mr.

Chapman's defense. In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
29 members of

Congress urged her to deny Mexico's extradition request. "Why is the
Department
pursuing this case when Mr. Chapman was in communications and
cooperating with U.S. and

Mexican authorities before and throughout the entire period he was
pursuing Mr.

Luster?" the letter wonders. "It makes no sense."
No, it doesn't. Out of fairness and justice, the Bush administration
must ensure that

Mr. Chapman is not sent back to Mexico.

Whatever arrangement the State Department in its misguided wisdom
worked out with

Mexico, it's not more important than saving an innocent man's freedom.
It's time for

Miss Rice and the Bush administration to do the right thing and inform
Mexico that

under no circumstance will Mr. Chapman be sent there.






Thanks and Best Wishes
John

www.freedogthebountyhunter.com and
http://www.dogthebountyhunter.com/fanclub/
Please contact media, your Congressman and
women, Senators, keep up the momentum, we
can win this for the Chapmans

The Chapmans have huge legal fees. Please
go to http://www.dogdefensefund.com/

Thanks and Best Wishes

John

www.freedogthebountyhunter.com and
http://www.dogthebountyhunter.com/fanclub/
Please contact media, your Congressman and
women, Senators, keep up the momentum, we
can win this for the Chapmans

http://www.myspace.com/canhagfan

The Chapmans have huge legal fees. Please
go to http://www.dogdefensefund.com/