McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal

The last ditch effort by McKinnon to avoid extradition in the UK has failed. Now, his lawyers are taking the case to the EU courts.

From CNN:

Gary McKinnon, 42, faces charges in the United States for what officials say were a series of cyber attacks that stole passwords, attacked military networks and wrought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of computer damage.

The decision by Britain’s House of Lords was his last legal option in this country, but his lawyer said she would appeal his case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

“The consequences he faces if extradited are both disproportionate and intolerable and we will be making an immediate application to the European court to prevent his removal,” Karen Todner said after McKinnon’s appeal was rejected. “We believe that the British government declined to prosecute him to enable the U.S. government to make an example of him.”

Well, of course they will make an example of him. They have to be sure to please/protect their alien masters.

heh.

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Posted by Dave Lewis on July 30, 2008. Filed under Hacker,Legal Aspects. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.