European court stays Gary McKinnon's US extradition
For a while at least
THE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights has temporarily stayed the extradition of accused UK hacker Gary McKinnon to face computer abuse and cyber-terrorism charges in the US.
McKinnon's lawyer Karen Todner said the court in Strasbourg, France ruled that he should be permitted to stay in the UK until it reconvenes to again consider his appeal on August 28.
The Law Lords denied McKinnon's final UK appeal on July 30, raising the likelihood that he will be handed over to US prosecutors for trial and almost sure conviction and prison time.
He then petitioned the European Court of Human Rights, asking it to delay his extradition for up to two years until it gets around to hearing his appeal.
Embarrassed US authorities want to make a chillingly extreme example of the pot-smoking, UFO-obsessed computer hacker McKinnon by convicting him of " terrorism" and sentencing him to serve up to 60 years in gaol.
For an exclusive look at footage from the as-yet-unreleased Inaugural INQUIRER Pubcast, featuring discussion on the plight of Gary McKinnon, go here. µ
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Comments
No crime in the US
Even if you ignore that hacking these machines in the US was a walk in the park thanks to lacklustre security precautions, the fact remains that this guy committed no crime on US soil. The UK therefore has no business sending him to the US.Any crime he committed was committed here in the UK and that's where his trial and any prison time should be spent.
Water board the terrorist
He is a terrorist! He must be sent to the US for water boarding!Seriously
We live in the dark ages. Some countries, like Germany take the opinion that If someone hacks my computer system, its my fault. That system works pretty well. In the states they make it very easy to commit a crime even if you did nothing wrong. The U.S. legal system is a total travesty of human rights with 2% of the population in prison, half of which are for victimless crimes. The prisons are Aids, Hepatitis infested rat holes. Sending anyone there is a death sentence.