Legal Opinion
Ahmad v. Wigen
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 26, 1989No. 1:89-cr-00715PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
This case raises serious questions — some of them novel — about the United States’ obligations under an extradition treaty and the courts’ role in ensuring that those extradited are treated fairly. As indicated below, two changes in law must now be recognized: The “political offense” bar to extradition is narrowed to exclude terrorism and acts of war against civilians. A correlative expansion is required in courts’ power to ensure that those extradited are granted due process and are treated humanely. Petitioner has been afforded due process in…
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