"But judges ruled the risk of suicide was removed by assurances from the US."
Like Epstein?
Let this be a point, there is no press freedom in the United States.
Like Epstein?
Let this be a point, there is no press freedom in the United States.
Exactly. You can't prevent prison suicides.
In 2012, when she was home secretary, Theresa May stopped Gary McKinnon's extradition to the USA, on the grounds that he was a high suicide risk, and therefore the extradition violated his human rights. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon). If only I had similar expectations of our current home secretary.
I wonder how much pressure the Lib Dems put on her.
If the institution gets a hint that you are suicidal you will be placed in some sort of anti-suicide cell, which generally means that you are in solitary, you wear a paper or foam suit with no other clothing, you have no bed linen or any paper materials in your cell, and all your food comes on foam trays without any cutlery and has to be eaten with your fingers.
I also failed to mention the light in the cell will be set to bright and will be on 24x7 and your cell will almost certainly have a completely glass door and you will be under camera and guard surveillance 24x7 to make sure you don't do anything stupid. If you are very lucky, some of these cells have a small wall in front of the toilet so you can at least get a tiny amount of privacy - they'll only be able to see you from the waist up.
The evidence pretty much all point to something other than suicide...
I'm not sure the judges were naive enough to believe the US government, but they probably had no choice.
This is global jurisdiction and enforcement, that's what the extradition is about.
Prison is worse.