tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603110492544010470.post462264443418349120..comments2024-03-03T01:12:19.397-08:00Comments on European Disunion: The EAW Makes a Mockery of JusticeGallowglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099932099388694283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603110492544010470.post-78405478370800232462011-11-06T13:43:43.045-08:002011-11-06T13:43:43.045-08:00One more name joins the ever growing list of victi...One more name joins the ever growing list of victims of this most unjust law. We had acceptable extradition treaties, prior to the EAW, that required the presentation of Prima Facie evidence, but not now, under this initiative to bring about one EU legal system. <br /><br />As one MEP said: <br /><br /><i>"All that is required for the deportation of a suspect under an EAW is basic information about their identity and the alleged offence. <br />There are thirty-two categories of crime for which extradition may be sought, some of them not specific offences under English law. There is no provision for a British court to be allowed to assure itself that there is a proper case for the accused to answer by means of examining prima facie evidence, and there is no provision for the magistrate hearing the extradition case, or indeed the home secretary, to have any discretion to refuse extradition if they believe or know that an injustice is being done.</i>"Alfred the Ordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806612975119244680noreply@blogger.com