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Extradition
Arrest warrant · Search warrant
Probable cause · Knock-and-announce
Exigent circumstance
Reasonable suspicion
Search and seizure · Search of persons
Arrest · Detention
Right to silence · Miranda warning (U.S.)
Grand jury
Statute of limitations · Nolle prosequi
Bill of attainder · Ex post facto law
Criminal jurisdiction · Extradition
Habeas corpus · Bail
Inquisitorial system · Adversarial system
Arraignment · Information · Indictment
Plea · Peremptory plea
Nolo contendere (U.S.) · Plea bargain
Presentence Investigation
Criminal defenses
Criminal law · Evidence
Civil procedure
Law · Criminal justice
Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal. Between nation states, extradition is regulated by treaties. Between sub-national regions (for example, the individual states of the U.S.), where extradition is required by law it is more accurately known as rendition.
Noriega Extradition Approved
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega could be headed to France where he faces a 10 year sentence for money laundering following a US federal court decision today...
Extradition of Exoo Refused
I have noted previously here the case of Reverend George Exoo, whose extradition was sought from the U.S.A. to Ireland for alleged assistance in a suicide...
Extradition / Assisted Suicide
An interesting news story:"Judge considers verdict in suicide caseA US judge has adjourned the case of a man accused of assisting an Irish woman with suicide to consider whether the alleged crime warrants his extradition...
Extradition to Germany from the United States?CIA
The United States? policy of extraordinary rendition has been taking a few hits in recent months. As we discussed more than a year ago, Italy is preparing to seek the extradition of more than 20 CIA agents for the extraordinary rendition of Abu Omar; these considerations have picked up steam in recent weeks...
Extradition to Russia?Interesting Developments
Every so often, when we comment on stories we find interesting, we aren?t fully aware of the convergence of events which tie all these stories together...
Extradition for Nuclear Terrorism?Qualms
The death of Alexander Litvinenko has elevated the profile of polonium-210 to such a degree that a Polish restaurant in the United Kingdom has seen an unprecedented surge in patronage by the mere fact that it is called ?Polonium...
















