Jup, just like Lauri Love, years of anguish with threats to go to a punitive jail system not aimed at rehabilitation or even simply protection, but designed for punishment and profit.
Of course when US citizens kill people in the UK they just claim diplomatic immunity and flee the country.
Since no-one else has replied, I'll give it a shot...
I think there's a general impression in the UK -- no doubt fueled by US TV shows -- that the American prison system is utterly barbaric and you might as well extradite someone to North Korea as the USA. It could well be a misapprehension, but I've not seen any American claim differently, so... what do you think?
Also, there was a feeling that there would be pressure brought to bear on the court by the US military, to find him guilty and impose a harsh sentence, in order to distract attention from their incompetence in securing their systems.
In this case we're talking about crimes that were committed in the UK, and handing a mentally-ill person over to a foreign government where he has fuck-all chance of receiving a sentence that the UK would consider proportional to the offences.
The UK government does have a burden of responsibility to its citizens, even ones who have committed crimes.
But again. The guy was sat in his bedroom in the UK throughout the assumed criminal activity. From where I'm standing this fails even the 'reasonable suspicion' test unless the State Department is alleging that McKinnon somehow made a trip to the US that isn't currently in evidence to perform his attacks.
How would you feel if your loved ones were kidnapped from their homes, brought to a foreign country, held for 20 years, but were never convicted of a crime? At this point it's pretty much the duty of the US government to give them lavish lives. This is inhumane treatment.
These strong arming of other countries is something I really hate. Its underhanded and simply bad style and unworthy of democracies. A least for me. But the US aren't the only ones doing that, the EU isn't that much better.
But freezing his assets all over the place and such, even for legal fees? In this case you actually trying to exclude him from support. If one might call this unbiased trials, ok. I don't.
What I don't like about all this is that even if you go as far away from a certain legal system as you can for whatever reason you will never escape it. I'm not talking about being criminal, just about chossing the rules you want to live under. I think certain countries and people (and I'm not going after the US or anyone in particular) should learn to accept that individuals choose for themselves.
The British justice system is motivated to get him because he is behaving like a prick in public and managed to escape them. That's all. Not really politically motivated at all.
You are having comprehensions. I was indeed referring to the nature of this article, which is Julian's heinous torture and rendition to the United States.
This isn't just 'extradition', any more.
The real free world, i.e. Europe, needs to stand up to this thuggery and do something about it, fast.
UK is showing itself incapable of catching this real attack on free society. With this precedent set - NOBODY is safe, not even one single civilian - to openly discuss the war crimes of our war industry.
They're plain fucking murderers and should rot in jail. That is all about it. It is just too bad that the land of free telling every other country how to behave does not seem to give a flying fuck about the egregious behavior of their own agents. Well not unless the case gets much publicity on FB and the likes.
due to the significant danger posed to the lives of so many I hope they are caught and severely punished. this is not the type of person that you can rehabilitate.
> Thing is, he damaged himself by choosing to spend nearly a decade in isolation.
He always argued that he would not receive fair treatment if he submitted himself to authorities, especially as they would give him no assurance about not handing him over to the US (this is before the US officially started proceedings against him).
> We haven't done anything to him other than expect him to submit to due process as a citizen like any other.
But the International Bar Association say that he is not getting due process. Which rather confirms his original fears. The article here quotes IBAHRI Co-Chair, Anne Ramberg: "With this extradition trial we are witnessing the serious undermining of due process and the rule of law."
You realize you're defending a government that illegally shot and attacked the person in question and then arrested and tortured him, right? After which he was released and fled back to the US for medical treatment.
Of course when US citizens kill people in the UK they just claim diplomatic immunity and flee the country.
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