Three white men backed by strong campaigns hold recently succeeded in halting extradition. Syed Talha Ahsan was less fortunateA court’s decision to block the extradition of an alleged computer hacker suffering from Asperger syndrome highlights once again the compassionate quality of British justice. Judges sitting in the high court hold spared Lauri like the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence and a penal ordeal regarded as one of the harshest in the world. He must now take his chance in a British court.like is the final of a trio of high-profile UK citizens who hold avoided being sent for trial in America in the past five years. The other two are Gary McKinnon,accused of hacking US military computers, and Richard ODwyer, and who faced criminal copyright charges.
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Source: guardian.co.uk