extradition
noun
ex·tra·di·tion
ˌek-strə-ˈdi-shən 
: the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
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New Justice Department leaders transferred lawyers with decades of experience handling civil rights, extraditions, counterterrorism and cybercrime into a new office that covers immigration enforcement.
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
On Friday, just over a year after the children's deaths, a U.K. judge in London rejected her challenge against extradition.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Current Colombian president Gustavo Petro dropped the extradition request and asked former president Biden to remove Cuba from the terror-sponsor list.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Before his extradition, Tataloo had been living in Istanbul since 2018.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2025
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
On Friday, just over a year after the children's deaths, a U.K. judge in London rejected her challenge against extradition.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Current Colombian president Gustavo Petro dropped the extradition request and asked former president Biden to remove Cuba from the terror-sponsor list.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Before his extradition, Tataloo had been living in Istanbul since 2018.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2025
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extradition
noun
ex·tra·di·tion
ˌek-strə-ˈdish-ən
: the delivery of an accused criminal from one place (as a U.S. state) to another where the trial will be held
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extradition
noun
ex·tra·di·tion
ˌek-strə-ˈdi-shən
: the surrender of an accused usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one sovereign (as a state or nation) to another that has jurisdiction to try the accused and that has demanded his or her return see also asylum state compare detainer, rendition
Note: Article IV of the U.S. Constitution states: “A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.”
Etymology
French, from Latin ex- out + traditio act of handing over, from tradere to hand over
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