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Borders can't save you; they can only make your arrest paperwork heavier.
means The formal legal process by which one country hands over a person to another country to face criminal charges or serve a sentence.
from From Latin 'ex' (out) plus 'traditio' (a handing over, surrender), the same root that gives us 'tradition' — literally 'handing down.' The word entered French as 'extradition' and crossed into English in the 1800s, right as nations were busy signing treaties to formally trade fugitives back and forth instead of just sending bounty hunters across borders.
- treaty dependent
- only works between countries with agreements signed
- dual criminality rule
- act must be a crime in both countries
- political exception
- many treaties exempt purely political offenses
- assange case
- fought extradition from uk for years