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extradition

[ek-struh-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk strəˈdɪʃ ən /


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This was perhaps an effort to run out the clock, as Texas law provides that extradition detentions last no more than 90 days.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

The British Embassy filed court documents asking the judge to keep the Tates in custody as the UK pursues extradition.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

U.S. authorities have not provided sufficient proof of wrongdoing to merit the governor’s arrest and extradition, Sheinbaum has said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Police in Pula, Croatia on Wednesday arrested Volodymyr Zhuravlyov under a European arrest warrant put out by Germany, which is seeking his extradition.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Most important, he had no intention of leaving Iceland, because of the threat of extradition to the United States.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The two men remain in Serbia and the US is co-ordinating with Serbian officials regarding their pending extraditions.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2025

These are not extraditions, because these folks are not being sought by El Salvador on any charges there, and certainly have not gone through any extradition process.

From Slate Apr. 8, 2025

Months later, the British government enacted policies that “made similar extraditions extremely difficult,” according to the Nelson Hackett Project, a digital work of public scholarship helmed by the University of Arkansas Humanities Center.

From Seattle Times Jun. 17, 2023

In Peru, all extraditions must be approved by the president.

From Washington Times May 11, 2023

A year earlier, a bill in Hong Kong that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China had set off months of protests.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2023




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