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Gary McKinnon has severe mental illness on both sides of his family and his NHS records show that he was referred to a neurologist in 1983 and in 1994 as recorded in Professor Declan Murphy's report on his assessment of Gary McKinnon and as publicly stated during a public debate on Gary McKinnon in the House of Lords and as widely reported in the media.
We all know that America frequently executes vulnerable people with mental health issues and often shows scant compassion for them in their courts.
See this link via: Reprieve: Brain Damaged Man to be Excecuted on 17th May 2011 with drugs meant to cure him. http://bit.ly/ll4Ch4
Gary McKinnon must be tried in the U.K as is his right. He was arrested in March 2002 long before the 2003 extradition treaty with America was even written.
He was left on the internet for a further three and a half years after his arrest proving that the U.S and the U.K Governments did not consider him any threat whatsoever.
The delay was America's fault as they waited three and a half years before requesting Gary McKinnon's extradition from the U.K as by then the 2003 Extradition Treaty was being used requiring no evidence whatsoever of the alleged damage without which the alleged crime was not Extraditable.
American prosecutors frequently use a loophole of issuing superseding indictments in order to trawl back years in order to Extradite. In Gary's case the only change in the superseding indictment was withdrawing several American universities who came out publicly to say that Gary McKinnon had not caused any damage.
Thankfully this coalition government have promised to substantially change the 2003 Extradition Treaty with America. The unpopularity of America's relentless pursuit of Gary McKInnon will help to ensure that this will happen and the sooner the better
Biting the hand that feeds IT
