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How would the US members feel about the extradition of a US citizen who has never left the country to face charges in a UK court?
If you are referring to that idiot who tapped into the Pentagon computer system then I say throw the book at him and them some!!!!How would the US members feel about the extradition of a US citizen who has never left the country to face charges in a UK court?
I very LARGE American book.In the States they hand out proper sentences i.e LONG.Over here he'd probably be given a £1,000 to write a play about it!! Asperges my arse!!Yes that's the obvious case that brought up the question but you're UK, so whose book should be thrown at him?
Would US citizens really be content to see a US citizen who has never left US soil extradited?
The level of security doesn't come into it.Which is about the child's play level of security that was required to get onto the DoD network at the time...
If I'm attacked out on the street and beaten unconscious by my assailants, they can't defend their actions in court by saying, "well, shit, if the guy [me] had a gun and had made some reasonable attempt at defense, we wouldn't have beaten him senseless." That may actually be true - but it doesn't lessen their criminal liability in the slightest.
In your hypothetical, the perp should be fully responsible for his vandalism. If the incompetent guards should spend some time in stockade, and their CO find his career over, that may or may not be justified - but it has nothing to do with the penalty imposed on the vandal.
Exactly, what constitutes sufficient harm to be considered an extraditable offence?The question is not whether the person every set foot on the country's soil, but where the harm occured.
As long as the destination country follows some form of real due process, and they can show that the person "harmed" the country seeking extradition, then I'm okay with it.
However, that leaves open the question of what is "harm". But that wasn't asked.
Exactly, what constitutes sufficient harm to be considered an extraditable offence?
And perhaps some examples where you would not object to a US citizen being extradited on the back of it?
Are there actually any cases where a US citizen HAS been extradited to face trial in the UK without ever visiting the UK?