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To: FreedomStar3028

Yes, we do. If Italian authorities request extradition, the U.S. government would have to move to extradite her. She could challenge the extradition in court. But it’s my understanding she would have to demonstrate the extradition would violate her constitutional rights.


4 posted on 06/21/2013 10:46:06 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: GrootheWanderer

“But it’s my understanding she would have to demonstrate the extradition would violate her constitutional rights.”


Shouldn’t that be pretty easy to accomplish? The Italians are going to keep trying until they can get a court to convict her. If the standard is by “constitutional rights,” presumably our constitution, I don’t see how they could extradite her. The Italians can go to hell with their legal system.


6 posted on 06/21/2013 11:06:11 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
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Couldn’t she challenge by the US double jeopardy laws?


22 posted on 06/22/2013 4:29:36 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: GrootheWanderer; FreedomStar3028
Yes, we do. If Italian authorities request extradition, the U.S. government would have to move to extradite her. She could challenge the extradition in court. But it’s my understanding she would have to demonstrate the extradition would violate her constitutional rights.

Well any future extradition to Italy for a retrial would violate her fifth amendment right against double jeopardy. In the US, an acquittal can't be reversed, eg. O J Simpson. Why should a US court allow a extradition of someone who has already been acquitted of a crime to be retried?

26 posted on 06/22/2013 7:39:06 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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