Extraditing Lauri Love would be cruel. Justice must be done in the UK | Janis Sharp
by Janis Sharp from Technology | The Guardian on (#1TYRV)
Like Lauri, my son Gary McKinnon has Asperger's. I saw the suffering he went through awaiting justice. The new safeguards against extradition must be implemented
I received the most precious gift I could have ever hoped for when Theresa May announced that my son Gary McKinnon would not be extradited to the US for alleged computer hacking. Our absolute joy and sense of relief felt by this decision cannot be overestimated.
When our then home secretary had the courage to use the Human Rights Act to protect Gary and to simultaneously announce the introduction of new rules, so that anyone physically in the UK when their alleged crime occurred could now ostensibly be tried here. However, much of the decision-making in this regard has unfortunately been left in the hands of the CPS and judges, who tend to approve extradition to the US regardless of a proposed inhumane sentence or lack of evidence.
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