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> Boris Johnson's state office wouldn't lie to the British public about the timeline of when they knew and didn't know certain facts about the nature of the ext

> Boris Johnson's state office wouldn't lie to the British public about the timeline of when they knew and didn't know certain facts about the nature of the extradition. The home secretary would have to get assurances from the country they are extraditing to before the extradition request can be completed. It would most likely even be done before a judge signs off on a arrest warrant, even so there is then a preliminary hearing and a extradition hearing before the final decision to extradite by the home secretary is done. The office of the home secretary (because unless there was special circumstances the HS wouldn't be appearing in person to every extradition hearing, but their would be people there acting on behalf of the office and in turn the HS) wouldn't just be lying to the public but would be lying to a judge in court. Failure to do so will result in the judge ordering the discharge of the person being sought for extradition.

monocasa 7y ago
"I had their assurances and they broke them. Those damn Americans, amirite?" Like the law is based on the idea that everyone there is working in good faith, and they're pretty clearly not at the moment.
- Crosseye_Jack 7y ago
  If the US lied they would never have an extradition request approved ever again, the treaty would in effect be null and void. The next case the defendants laywer would bring up this case and the judge would dismiss the extradition case and that not even considering the a huge diplomatic incident it would start. If the HS lied and forged paperwork relating to this many people getting are going to get dragged into court over it, get found guilty of crimes, get jail time, lawyers for the home office losing their licenses all over a single case over a single extradition...
  - monocasa 7y ago
    Or none of that happens, and it ends up looking like when Sweden assisted the US in extralegally black bagging some of their residents, and then blamed it all on someone who could no longer defend themselves with everyone else having plausible deniability.

monocasa 7y ago

"I had their assurances and they broke them. Those damn Americans, amirite?" Like the law is based on the idea that everyone there is working in good faith, and they're pretty clearly not at the moment.

Crosseye_Jack 7y ago
If the US lied they would never have an extradition request approved ever again, the treaty would in effect be null and void. The next case the defendants laywer would bring up this case and the judge would dismiss the extradition case and that not even considering the a huge diplomatic incident it would start. If the HS lied and forged paperwork relating to this many people getting are going to get dragged into court over it, get found guilty of crimes, get jail time, lawyers for the home office losing their licenses all over a single case over a single extradition...
- monocasa 7y ago
  Or none of that happens, and it ends up looking like when Sweden assisted the US in extralegally black bagging some of their residents, and then blamed it all on someone who could no longer defend themselves with everyone else having plausible deniability.