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Originally Posted by andrewb
If our country is against the death penalty, then why do we extradite to the USA which has the penalty?
It just stinks of hypocrisy. We send our citizens to America to face their legal system and penalties, under the excuse that the crime was committed on their computers and therefore their territory in the case of the computer hacker. Then when it suits we demand that the Chinese don't use their penal system, and hand him back, despite being caught with large quantities of illegal drugs on Chinese soil. Which is it gonna be?
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The UK does not allow the extradition its citizens or anyone elses to the US if they are facing charges which carry the Death Penalty , the UK requires a guarantee from the State doing the trial (each State has its own legal system) . Think there is a trial going on now in Massachusetts involving a Brit on trial for killing his wife and child , he fled to the UK but was sent back when Massachusetts promised not to execute him, also I think Massachusetts being one of those commie liberal pinko States doesn't even have the Death Penalty.
This is the arguement being used by the one eyed hook handed terrorist you have in jail , he is facing Federal charges which I think if found guilty could involve the DP . Personally I think the US could be persuded to quietly ease up on the computer hacker if the UK speeded things up with the one eyed hook handed guy .
