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Death Penalty at Issue in Australia - Alabama Extradition

By Steve Hall

Australia is one of many countries that will not extradite to the United States if the death penalty is a potential punishment."Alabama A-G: death penalty 'still on table'," is the title of Marissa Calligeros' report for the Brisbane Times. The Attorney General of Alabama has refused to back down from a possible capital murder charge against honeymoon dive killer Gabe Watson, despite knowing Australia will not extradite a person if they may face the death penalty.Gabe Watson, 32, was convicted this year of manslaughter after leaving his wife of just 11 days, Christine 'Tina' Watson, to drown on the floor of the Great Barrier Reef in 2003 during a scuba diving trip.Alabama Attorney General Troy King has maintained Watson evaded the full weight of the law under a plea bargain with the Queensland Department of Public Prosecutions and is determined to pursue a capital murder charge against Gabe Watson in the United States...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 14, 2010 (boomark / email).