UK hacker wins 10 year fight against US extradition

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After ten years of campaigning, a British computer hacker is told he will not be extradited to the US. ITN's Libby Wiener reports on the landmark decision for Gary McKinnon. By Peter Jeary, NBC NewsLONDON - A British computer hacker has won his 10-year fight against extradition to the U.S. with the U.K. government saying he was unfit to face the charges against him.

In a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May said that the extradition of Gary McKinnon, a 46-year-old computer administrator from London, "would give rise to such a high risk of him ending his life that extradition would be incompatible with Mr. McKinnon’s human rights.”

“There is no doubt that Mr. McKinnon is accused of serious crimes, but there is also no doubt he is seriously ill," she said.




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