English High Court Upholds Hacker’s Extradition to the U.S.

On July 31, 2009, the English High Court of Justice upheld the extradition of a 43-year-old British computer hacker to the United States, rejecting his claims that his physical impairment of Asperger’s syndrome should preclude his extradition. The decision also rejected his claim that he should be prosecuted in England...(more)