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The UK high court has finally ruled on the extradition of Lauri Love, the Finnish-British student accused of cracking U.S. government websites. He will not be extradited to face trial in America. The court accepted both of the main arguments that there is no reason he cannot not be tried in England and that he might suffer serious damage to his health if he were extradited.
Source: Hacking Suspect Lauri Love Wins Appeal Against Extradition to US
Previously: Lauri Love to be Extradited to the U.S.
Lauri Love's Appeal Will be Heard in the UK on November 28th and 29th
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Cracking Suspect Lauri Love Wins Appeal Against Extradition to US
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @08:51PM (1 child)
Which in the US seems to oscillate between "fuck off and die" and "get raped and die". In case any foreign readers don't know, we also remove the right to vote after someone has paid their debt to society.
(Score: 4, Informative) by NotSanguine on Monday February 05 2018, @09:35PM
That's only true in four states [nonprofitvote.org]:
Florida
Iowa
Kentucky
Virginia
In those states, an ex-convict must appeal to a government panel to request having their voting rights restored (good luck with that).
Note that the above (I don't know much about Iowa, but I guess they're trying turn their state into a shithole like the other three) states are generally among the most regressive and punitive of states in the US.
Another group of states are *almost* as punitive:
Alabama
Delaware
Mississippi
Nevada
Tennessee
Wyoming
As they do allow for voting rights to be automatically restored (for specific types of convictions), otherwise one must appeal to some sort of government panel.
In a plurality of states, once you have "paid your debt" to society (meaning you've either completed your sentence, whether it be a full prison term or served time in jail, then on parole and probation), voting rights are automatically restored.
Other states have various rules about this, some allowing restoration once parole is completed (probationers are allowed to vote) and others once they are released from prison.
Only two states allow imprisoned individuals the right to vote:
Maine
Vermont
tl;dr: There are a variety of laws regarding convicted felons and the political franchise, ranging from the "fuck off and die" arrangement to "you may be convicted, but you're still a citizen and are endowed of political rights" arrangement.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr