Lauri Love ruling 'sets precedent' for trying hacking suspects in UK
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from on (#3F4C2)
Rights groups and lawyers for 33-year-old welcome landmark judgment against extradition to US
A high court ruling blocking extradition to the US of Lauri Love, a student accused of breaking into US government websites, has been welcomed by lawyers and human rights groups as a precedent for trying hacking suspects in the UK in future.
The decision delivered by the lord chief justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, is highly critical of the conditions Love would have endured in US jails, warning of the risk of suicide.
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