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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234669/Twice-suspects-extradited-U-S--fair-Gary-McKinnon.html

Ministers have always insisted the 2003 Extradition Act is fair and balanced. But figures slipped out by a Home Office minister last night under cover of the Pre-Budget Report show that between 2004 and 2008, 68 people were sent to the U.S. while only 34 people were sent to the UK.

I guess my google search could be wrong but I couldn't find anything to suggest more americans have been sent to the UK.

http://extradition.org.uk/ a couple facing 98 years for legally exporting chemicals that were later used to manufacture crystal meth. (The back story on this seems quite interesting especially the part where an appeal can be made to the court of european rights but only after scotland has granted extradition and thus making the appeal impossible).

mind who needs extradition
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2982640.ece

AMERICA has told Britain that it can "kidnap" British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.

A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.

Finally in an attempt to be balanced I found some american (or is it irish) opposition to the treaty.

http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/CAMPAIGNS/USUK_EXTRADITIONTREATY/extradition_treaty_ACTION.htm

This document [Treaty Doc. 108-23] -- signed under cover of great secrecy on March 31st, 2003 by US Attorney General John Ashcroft, and Britain's Home Secretary David Blunkett-- permanently erases America's symbolic image as a land where the oppressed of the world can escape to as a haven of freedom from foreign oppression.

This treaty will make possible the extradition and imprisonment of any American deemed to be "anti-Britain" or opposed to British military rule in Ireland. Under the terms of this Extradition Treaty, American citizens will be eligible for extradition to Britain to stand trial without proof of guilt and without judicial review. There is no statute of limitations to these offenses, which can be lodged on the word of a sole witness. The document at first glance upholds, but then proceeds to decimate, the political exemption clause; a cornerstone of America's diplomatic relations since Thomas Jefferson refused the extradition of an opponent of the French Revolution. This document is by far the most extreme US Treaty yet and will have drastic effect on any person who has ever spoken out against British human rights abuses at any time in their lives.

Ok thas my google search results , please show yours.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been breaching Human Rights in Arizona prisons for many years. Here is the Final wake order from the court that shows he has been in breach for his whole Sheriffs term. He raid oposition to keep being realected, he raid the local papers and now he is under investigation by Obama and others. It might be worth mentioning that Sheriff Joe Arpaio has still not fixed the Human Rights breaches ordered by the court and he will not let the ACLU in to even check. http://taking-liberties.net/Final-Wake-Order-October-2008.pdf http://extradition.org.uk/

Innocent of any crime but Arpaio has destroyed my family for selling Legal chemicals in the UK to the U.S. Guns are sold to the UK and are Illegal but we do not Extradite U.S Citizens when no law in the U.S is broken, Sheriff Joe Arpaio makes me sick to my stomach. http://taking-liberties.net/Extradition-Video-Home-Page.html http://extradition.org.uk/

My wife and I have been Illegally Extradited to Arizona to Sheriff Joe Arpaio Prison. How can you accept that innocent people are treated and share the same treatment as guilty and convicted. The Inhumane treatment treatment in Arizona does nothing for reabilitation. The U.S stands proud to have 25% of the worlds prisoners behind bars. Here is a link about injustice in the U.S prison system, but I fear U.S Citizens like to put people in jail. http://extradition.org.uk/

Summary doesn't make it clear that the Sheriff in question is Joe Arpaio, a sadistic, authoritarian monster that that believes in making prison as demeaning and painful affair as possible no matter what the offense. He's a sick, twisted psychopath that needs to be stopped at all cost.

My wife and I have been Illegally Extradited to Arizona to Sheriff Joe Arpaio Prison. How can you accept that innocent people are treated and share the same treatment as guilty and convicted. The Inhumane treatment treatment in Arizona does nothing for reabilitation. The U.S stands proud to have 25% of the worlds prisoners behind bars. Here is a link about injustice in the U.S prison system, but I fear U.S Citizens like to put people in jail. http://extradition.org.uk/

My wife and I have been Illegally Extradited to Arizona to Sheriff Joe Arpaio Prison. How can you accept that innocent people are treated and share the same treatment as guilty and convicted. The Inhumane treatment treatment in Arizona does nothing for reabilitation. The U.S stands proud to have 25% of the worlds prisoners behind bars. Here is a link about injustice in the U.S prison system, but I fear U.S Citizens like to put people in jail. http://extradition.org.uk/

Speaking as a Brit living in Arizona, I can assure you he is NOT popular across all the state.

His constituents in Phoenix, however, think the sun shines out of his arse.

This also explains a lot about Phoenix in general.

I dont think he's popular in Britian either, not after trying to extradite law abiding british citizens and threaten to humiliate them