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BBC reports:
An autistic man suspected of hacking into US government computer systems is to be extradited from Britain to face trial, a court has ruled. Lauri Love, 31, who has Asperger's Syndrome, is accused of hacking into the FBI, the US central bank and the country's missile defence agency. Mr Love, from Stradishall, Suffolk, has previously said he feared he would die in a US prison if he was extradited.
Also at Ars Technica , The Guardian , and Reuters . Here is the judgment against Love (PDF).
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Lauri Love to be Extradited to the U.S.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 18 2016, @02:52AM
"stand trial by those he committed the crimes against. Isn't that what normally happens in the civilized world?"
No, it isn't what normally happens.
White dude commits a crime against an elderly woman in Harlem - the local populace isn't permitted to enforce justice on that white dude.
Black dude commits a crime against a hot white chick in the Deep South - the KKK isn't permitted to enforce justice on that black guy.
In fact, trials in the US are sometimes moved into a different jurisdiction because the defendant can't expect to get a fair trial locally.
The concept that you aren't to be judged by your victims is pretty firmly entrenched in law. You're to stand before an impartial judge, an impartial jury, and to verbally battle your accusers.
The idea that the US government can drag anyone they want into their own home turf for lynching is repugnant.
I do believe that the US and UK could and should have reached an agreement long ago to try their own citizens in their own countries for crimes committed against the other nation. That's the sensible thing to do. It's the humane thing to do.
This guy is about thirty? Let's presume that his parents are about fifty. Let us also presume that they are not wealthy. What are the chances of them taking advantage of visitation opportunities, during and after the trial?
If he had been apprehended within the US, the story would be quite different.