Should we extradite our citizens to the USA?

Should we extradite our citizens to the USA?

Poll: Should we extradite our citizens to the USA?

Total Members Polled: 149

Never: 31%
Only if there is evidence of crime in USA: 63%
Always: 6%
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Mojooo

12,806 posts

182 months

Saturday 14th January 2012
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This is what the aforementioned report says on level of evidence. Without copy and pasting even more - they seem to be against having trials in the UK as opposed to the requesting country.





The United States/United Kingdom Treaty

We have concluded that the United States/United Kingdom Treaty does not operate in an unbalanced manner. The United States and the United Kingdom have similar but different legal systems. In the United States the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution ensures that arrest may only lawfully take place if the probable cause test is satisfied: in the United Kingdom the test is reasonable suspicion. In each case it is
necessary to demonstrate to a judge an objective basis for the arrest.

In our opinion, there is no significant difference between the probable cause test and the reasonable suspicion test.

In the case of extradition requests submitted by the United States to the United Kingdom, the information within the request will satisfy both the probable cause and the reasonable suspicion tests.

In the case of extradition requests submitted by the United Kingdom to the United States the request will contain information to satisfy the probable cause test.

There is no practical difference between the information submitted to and from the United States.