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There's 0 chance US is even going to request extradition.
by ryanlol 11y ago
There's 0 chance US is even going to request extradition.
- anon1385 11y agoWhat makes you say that? They've requested extradition in all the other similar cases I'm aware of. Most recently: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/07/17/lauri-love-rearrested-faces-extradition-to-us-on-hacking-charges/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/07/17/lauri-love-rearr...
- ryanlol 11y agoLauri's case is distinctly different from this, not only because of the seriousness of the accusations but also because he isn't a minor. It would be quite extraordinary for the US to even request extradition of a 15 year old child, and even more so for the UK to agree to it.
- junto 11y agoHis age. The Home Secretary would block any request.
- madaxe_again 11y agoI think you're seriously underestimating those chances - they tried long and hard to get McKinnon extradited before May made some variety of back room deal - she isn't the type to be compassionate to someone over mental health issues. That and the climate has become more, not less, hysterical and reactionary in the past few years.
- ryanlol 11y agoMcKinnon was in his late thirties when his extradition was requested, and he was accused of far more serious crimes. This guy just hacked a couple of personal email accounts.
- madaxe_again 11y agoAye, but mckinnon had mental health issues, and in the eyes of the law the offences are one and the same. Anyhow. We can sit here and speculate, but we'll find out in the coming days and weeks.
- ryanlol 11y ago> and in the eyes of the law the offences are one and the same. I can't think of any legal system that treats offences like this, perhaps sharia?