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Generally under United States law (18 U.S.C. § 3184), extradition may be granted only pursuant to a treaty. [13] Some countries grant extradition without a treaty, but every such country requires an offer of reciprocity when extradition is accorded in the absence of a treaty. [13]
This list of United States extradition treaties includes 116 countries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first U.S. extradition treaty was with Ecuador , in force from 1873. [ 3 ] The most recent U.S. extradition treaty is with Croatia , in force from 2022.
Other states grant jurisdiction more broadly. [14] California's Code of Civil Procedure, for example, states: 410.10. A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or of the United States. [15] New York's Civil Practice Law and Rules [16] has, among other things, asserted the ...
(The Center Square) - The California beachside city of Huntington Beach continued its confrontation with the state with its city council adopting a resolution declaring the city “a non-sanctuary ...
While technically, it has an extradition agreement with the U.S., the treaty was signed in 1996, a year before Great Britain transferred control of Hong Kong to China.
The current extradition treaty between Ireland and the United States was inked in 2005. Multiple sex offenders have been extradited by both countries, including a pedophile priest sent from ...
Formally, such fugitive cases should be turned over to the state for execution under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (1936) and the Uniform Extradition and Rendition Act (1980), if the fugitive's location is known, or the United States Marshals Service, when it is not.
Valentine v. United States, 299 U.S. 5 (1936), is known in the study of international criminal law for its contribution to the concept that while it is permissible for the United States to receive an accused without a treaty-based extradition, the United States itself will not extradite without authority found in statute or treaty.