Gary McKinnon and his family had been waiting 5 long years to find out if he would be extradited to the U.S. for hacking. Today they got the answer they?d been hoping for from Home Secretary Theresa May.
?After careful consideration of all of the relevant material, I have concluded that Mr. McKinnon?s extradition would give rise to such a high risk of him ending his life, that the decision to extradite would be incompatible with Mr. McKinnon?s human rights.?
The Home Secretary said McKinnon was accused of serious crimes, but there was no doubt he?s seriously ill. The 46-year-old has Asperger?s syndrome and suffers from depression. Recent psychiatric report found McKinnon was very likely to attempt suicide if his extradition went ahead. Theresa May was left to consider whether to withdraw the extradition request on human rights grounds.
?I have very carefully considered the representation made on Mr. McKinnon?s behalf, including from a number of clinicians. I have obtained my own medical advice from practitioners recommended to me by the Chief Medical Officer. And I have taken extensive legal advice.?
The McKinnon case maybe the last time the Home Secretary ever makes such a decision. Theresa May has announced changes to UK extradition law depriving the Home Secretary of the final word on extradition requests. Here she is again:
?I also agree with the Baker review's recommendation that the breadth of the Home Secretary's involvement in extradition cases should be reduced. Matters such as representations on human rights grounds should, in future, be considered by the high court rather than the home secretary. This change, which will significantly reduce delays in certain cases, will require primary legislation.?
Other changes announced by the Home Secretary include the introduction of the so-called ?foreign bar?. The bar will give British courts the power to decide whether the subject in an extradition request should stand trial in Britain or abroad. That goes against independent review published last year by the Former Court of Appeal Judge Sir Scott Baker. The Baker Review dismissed the idea of a foreign bar, saying ?it would create delay and generate satellite mitigation?. Gary McKinnon supporters say he waited far too long to know his faith. The North London resident could have faced up to 60 years in jail if he were convicted in the U.S. Authorities had described McKinnon?s action as ?the biggest military computer hack of all time?, but Washington stands softened after British Prime Minister David Cameron raised the issue with President Barack Obama at the White House in March. The Home Secretary?s decision was welcomed by her Labor counterpart Yvette Cooper and the Human Rights organization Liberty which has long campaigned for extradition law reform. It would now be for the director of Public Prosecutions to decide if McKinnon has a case to answer in U.K. courts.
Source: http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_10_17/Biggest-Military-Computer-Hacker-not-extradited-to-US/
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