MPs finally stand up for Gary and their country as extradition law reform motion is voted through
By James Slack MAIL ONLINE

MPs heard that since 2004, 29 UK nationals or dual nationals were extradited from Britain to the US. Only five Americans were extradited from the U.S. to Britain.

Despite the evidence the treaty is unfair, the U.S embassy has been fiercely resisting any changes.
Last week, the U.S Ambassador made two separate visits to lobby MPs, leading to allegations he was using strong-arm tactics.

The changes MPs want pursuing, are to give British citizens equal protections under the treaty and, crucially, to introduce a new 'forum' test.

This means a person would normally be tried in the country where their crime took place. In the case of Mr McKinnon, he hacked into Pentagon and NASA computers from the bedroom of his north London flat.

Mr Raab told MPs: 'The Gary McKinnon case is about the injustice in dispatching someone with Asperger's syndrome hundreds of miles from home on allegations of computer hacking when he was apparently searching for unidentified flying objects.

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