Fourth Circuit Denies Political Offense Exception for Death of Civilians

In a lengthy opinion analyzing the “political offense exception” to extradition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on February 22, 2007 reversed a Writ of Habeas Corpus that had been granted to Wilmer Yarleque Orinola, a military official under Former President Alberto Fujimori. Ordinola has since filed a Petition for Writ of Certiarori with the U.S. Supreme Court… [more]