People ex rel. Blake v. Pataki

On April 8, 1976, an individual using the name Larry Wayne Barnett (hereinafter Barnett) pleaded guilty to forgery in the State of South Carolina, and was sentenced to a term of *957imprisonment of seven years. On August 18, 1976, Barnett escaped from custody and fled to New York. In 1993, South Carolina officials prepared extradition papers, but the then-Governor of South Carolina, Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., refused to sign the authorizations necessary to initiate extradition, determining that “exceptional circumstances” weighed against extradition, including Barnett’s alleged rehabilitation,…