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23-01-2009, 06:23 PM
Judges grant Gary McKinnon extradition review
The Registor | Article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/mckinnon_extradition_review/)
Judges have granted a review of the Home Secretary's decision to continue with extradition proceedings against Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon.
The decision - by Lord Justice Maurice Key and Mr Justice Simon - places a judicial block on attempts to haul McKinnon over to the US on hacking offences, irrespective of whether UK prosecutors decide to press charges in Britain. In a statement issued on Friday, McKinnon's lawyers Kaim Todner welcomed the decision, pointing out that even though McKinnon took his appeal against extradition all the way up to the House of Lords, no court has considered the impact of extradition in light of McKinnon's recent diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome. MORE . . . (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/mckinnon_extradition_review/)
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The Registor | Article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/mckinnon_extradition_review/)
Judges have granted a review of the Home Secretary's decision to continue with extradition proceedings against Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon.
The decision - by Lord Justice Maurice Key and Mr Justice Simon - places a judicial block on attempts to haul McKinnon over to the US on hacking offences, irrespective of whether UK prosecutors decide to press charges in Britain. In a statement issued on Friday, McKinnon's lawyers Kaim Todner welcomed the decision, pointing out that even though McKinnon took his appeal against extradition all the way up to the House of Lords, no court has considered the impact of extradition in light of McKinnon's recent diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome. MORE . . . (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/mckinnon_extradition_review/)
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