'Political issues' may delay extradition of suspect in US tourist death
, the North Carolina tourist who died mysteriously at a Mexican resort, say they’re still waiting for word of an arrest in her murder — as experts warned there likely will be “political” hurdles extraditing a suspect from the US.
What happens next is more of a “political issue” than a legal one, criminal defense lawyer Dmitriy Shakhnevich, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, told the Observer. “And then those people will engage in a legal process here in the US, which involves going through the federal courts and then ultimately appealing … to the Secretary of State,” he added.
“But again, the whole purpose of the treaty is so one country doesn’t really question the other, right,” Shakhnevich explained. “The treaty means that we are understanding of each other’s legal processes such that if we come to a decision, then that decision must be abided by.” A State Department spokesperson declined to comment to the Observer on whether or not they would extradite the suspect.
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