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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould a US state refuse to extradite a fugitive to another US state
if they believe there has been an injustice?
Imagine that someone escapes from a Louisiana state prison and makes his way to Connecticut, and that many people in Connecticut feel that this person, a black man, was a victim of a racist redneck prosecutor and a mostly white jury. In this circumstance should Connecticut refuse to extradite that person back to Louisiana?
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)The Russians won't extradite Snowdoen, and there are a lot of countries we do no have extradition treaties with
bemildred
(90,061 posts)sked14
(579 posts)then, yes, there would be legitimate reasons to not extradite the person back.
The Magistrate
(95,263 posts)It was for a long time held that a governor could refuse to turn someone over to another state, but that was changed not too long ago.
sked14
(579 posts)Link?
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)nt
LoveIsNow
(356 posts)former9thward
(32,111 posts)In one case I am familiar with, Governor McCall of Oregon (1973) refused to extradite a black man, Ron Williams, who had been convicted in Alabama and fled to Oregon. I worked on that campaign. Although rare there have been others.