Re: Victim shaming
"Then again why should Mason Sheppard be tried in the US, British citizen in UK when it happened, surely subject to UK law."
Crimes can be tried either in the country where the perpetrator resides or the country where the crime took place (for digital crimes, this means the country of the victim). For this reason, it's rather normal that there would be the potential for this crime to be tried in the U.S. and extradition requested. The U.K. of course has the option to refuse extradition and try separately. The U.S. might want to extradite to the U.S. rather than wait for the U.K. to try the suspect in the hopes that information from all suspects might lead to more effective trials; for instance, if the same investigators get to question all suspects, they are more likely to get information against others involved.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
