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Eric · 27-11-2009, 18:42

Just read this: According to Geoffrey Robertson QC, British human rights lawyer, "to send a British citizen to the US, without any right to bail, to face 10 years in prison for a crime for which he would unlikely to receive any custodial sentence if tried here amounts to 'cruel and unusual punishment' in breach of [your]1689 Bill of Rights." He goes on to say that "The home secretary should not hide behind the weasel words of the European Convention, when he should be following the law laid down by our own historic Bill of Rights." Interesting to see that "Europe" crops up in this one.

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Eric God Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Posts: 9,290 Liked: 2347 times Rep Power: 58527	Re: Hacker loses extradition battle Just read this: According to Geoffrey Robertson QC, British human rights lawyer, "to send a British citizen to the US, without any right to bail, to face 10 years in prison for a crime for which he would unlikely to receive any custodial sentence if tried here amounts to 'cruel and unusual punishment' in breach of [your]1689 Bill of Rights." He goes on to say that "The home secretary should not hide behind the weasel words of the European Convention, when he should be following the law laid down by our own historic Bill of Rights." Interesting to see that "Europe" crops up in this one.