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United States Wins Long-Running Extradition Case; Other Requests Unsuccessful

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 107 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 241 - 243
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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9 Raphael Minder, Portuguese Court Rejects U.S. Request to Extradite Fugitive Wanted in ‘72 Hijacking, N.Y. Times, Nov. 18, 2011, at A29; James Barron, Deadline Past, Portugal Says It Won't Send Killer to U.S., N.Y. Times, Mar. 2, 2012, at A19.

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12 See, e.g., CPS/Met Police Will Not Now Try to Prosecute Gary McKinnon in the UK, Free Gary McKinnon, Free Gary Mckinnon (Dec. 14, 2012), at http://freegary.org.uk.

13 Hannah Furness, Gary McKinnon: US Official ‘Very Disappointed’ over Decision to Block, Daily Telegraph (London), Oct. 24, 2012, at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9629768/Gary-McKinnon-US-official-very-disappointed-over-decision-to-block.html.

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15 U.S. Denies Russian Request for Convicted Arms Dealer, Wash.Post, Nov. 11, 20 12, at A14; US Justice Depart ment Denies Russia Bout Transfer Request, Ria Novosti, Nov. 10, 2012, at http://en.rian.ru/russia/20121110/177343051.html?id see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 105 AJIL 122, 149 (2011) & 106 AJIL 643, 680 (2012) [Find Full Text] [CrossRef] [Google Scholar].

16 Information about the Convention is available online at http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ChercheSig.asp?NT=112&CM=8&DF=&CL=ENG.

17 Bosnia: U.S. Extradites Woman Accused of War Crimes in 1990s, N.Y. Times, Dec, 28, 2011, at A7.

18 Id. ; Bosniak Ex-Soldier Becomes First Woman Convicted of War Crimes, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Apr. 30, 2012, at http://www.rferl.org/content/bosniak_first_woman_convicted_of_war_crimes/24564893.html.