Thread: UK Hacker loses extradition appeal, he was only looking for UFOs

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

An overzealous US prosecutor could take the email, along with a spurious allegation that you went to the pub to discuss terrorism, and get a grand jury indictment within hours.

There isn't a nation in the world where this is not the case. The UK did just this recently. What about "poor what's his name" convicted of being a terrorist supporter?

But Norton, you miss the main point. The UK did not extradite him from anywhere. He was in the UK, plotted in the UK and was plotting against the UK. Rightly he was charged, tried, convicted and is being punished in the UK.

This whole matter (and the hypothetical example) is about the inherant injustice of irrational extradition.