McKinnon Extradition On Hold Until Feb

Enough already. Take your medicine.

From CNET:

Gary McKinnon’s potential extradition to the U.S. for hacking military systems is on hold for the next few weeks, McKinnon’s lawyer has told ZDNet UK.

On Tuesday, McKinnon appeared at the High Court in London for an oral hearing about his extradition. McKinnon has always admitted hacking into the NASA and Pentagon systems–a crime for which he could face up to 70 years in prison if he were found guilty by a U.S. court–but denies causing damage to the extent claimed by the U.S.

Late last December, McKinnon sent a confession to Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), in the hope he might be tried in the U.K. under the Computer Misuse Act, rather than in the U.S.

Before the hearing, McKinnon’s solicitor, Karen Todner, told ZDNet UK that the home secretary’s counsel had promised her the Home Office would stay the extradition until the DPP had issued his decision.

This has gone well past the “farce” category.

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Posted by Dave Lewis on January 20, 2009. Filed under Dumbass,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.