Lets say that somebody killed 10 people in the USA. Then he escapes to the UK. Now he gets arrested in Lomdon. US seeks his extradition, but refuses to exclude the possibility of death penalty. Now, would the UK government extradite him or not?
2006-12-30 12:34:30 · 7 answers · asked by bellerphon1955 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
USA ?? NO WAY
2006-12-30 12:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Bellerphon,
Yes, there was a recent fraud case where someone was extradited to the USA from England who is a UK citizen.
For murder with the possibility of a death sentence, that is another matter. The Human Rights Act 1998 would be cited in the case when extradition proceedings began.
The UK government would probably find it difficult to play it down.
2006-12-31 03:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by LYN W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they would there was a case not that long back, when a man had killed his wife and baby girl fled to Britain was Extradited and if i remember right I think He escaped the death penalty but got a considerable amount of yeas.
2006-12-30 13:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by Gilly 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
New UK-US Extradition Treaty
The UK-US Treaty has three main effects:
- (1) it removes the requirement on the US to provide prima facie evidence when requesting the extradition of people from the UK but maintains the requirement on the UK to satisfy the "probable cause" requirement in the US when seeking the extradition of US nationals;
- (2) it removes or restricts key protections currently open to suspects and defendants;
- (3) it implements the EU-US Treaty on extradition, signed in Washington on 25 June 2003, but far exceeds the provisions in this agreement.
2006-12-30 12:38:40 · answer #4 · answered by Akkita 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the UK would extradite someone almost as soon as the US asked them to. How do you think all our citizens ended up in Gauntanamo. However - as soon as the UK government ask the US to extradite someone here they become extremely hesitant. Well I say hesitant - they downright refuse. But then what's a little more hypocrasy in the world?
2006-12-30 12:44:16 · answer #5 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes they would and in fact have just recently. Not sure whom, but it was only a few months ago
2006-12-30 12:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by quarterback 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course, Blair would not want to ruin his special relationship.
2006-12-30 12:43:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋