We have Hollywood to thank
for the public notion that running away from the law can actually do something
good. Well, even if you ask every criminal defense lawyer about it, running
from the crime you committed will actually
cause you a whole lot of trouble.
As specifically stated in the
Article IV, Section 2 of the US Constitution, extradition comes to play when a
person charged with a crime (the degree of crime sometimes varies from state to
state or country to country ) leaves the state or country. To put it quite in
simpler terms, extradition is when the asylum state
(the state where the accused has fled) surrenders the accused in question to another state or country. The state that requested the transfer (of the
accused) claims the right to prosecute the subject under the guideline of laws
provided by the requesting state.
Formally speaking, the process of
extradition is to transfer the accused against his own will. In United States,
the process of extradition varies from state to state where the asylum state
may deny the transfer for whatever reason/s they can provide (further reading: New Mexico ex rel. Ortiz v. Reed of 1998); while international extradition is
more difficult and complicated for it is mainly guided by treaty and
international law s that needs to be followed by the requesting country and the
asylum country.
To know more about extradition
process in Las Vegas, you can read more by clicking here.
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