Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked

An anonymous reader writes "Following up on an earlier Slashdot story, the extradition of alleged DrinkorDie leader Hew Raymond Griffiths has been denied. The judge in the case ruled that Griffiths, an Australian who had never set foot in the United States, had committed the alleged actions in Australia and had never fled from an extradition country. Therefore, the US hadn't made its case. Griffiths' attorney points out that he should have faced trial in Australia if anywhere, but .au authorities never charged him, which upset the DOJ and led to the extradition attempt. More info can also be found. The US (represented by Australian prosecutors) have fifteen days to appeal. One wonders how the US government would react if a foreign nation tried a similar approach."

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Re:Thats a new twist

[jsebrech]

So, the US is just a treatybreaker and not a lawbreaker then. Not much difference imho. The message iraq sent to the world was loud and clear: "We are the US, and we do what we want, when we want, and there's nothing you can do about it." Just in case we hadn't "gotten" it with the flipflopping on all the other treaties. That's the major reason people outside the US fear the US, it has zero respect for other nations.