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Sadly, the extradition process from the UK to the USA is just a formality these days. The extradition treaty[0] is both somewhat one-sided and, crucially, chang
by tomalpha 6y ago
Sadly, the extradition process from the UK to the USA is just a formality these days. The extradition treaty[0] is both somewhat one-sided and, crucially, changed the requirement to demonstrate a prima facie case (and actually examine some of the evidence even if not in huge depth) to a requirement only to demonstrate "reasonable suspicion" which is much weaker.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_treaty_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_trea...
- foldr 6y ago>changed the requirement to demonstrate a prima facie case The Wikipedia article explains that this change was to make the requirements roughly symmetrical. The UK did not have to make a prima facie case when extraditing from the US.