AGXStarseed
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(Not written by me. Edited to remove the word "suffers")
Lauri Love's case echoes that of Gary McKinnon, from north London, who had Asperger's and also faced US allegations of hacking.
MPs have written to the Prime Minister and the Attorney General to express their concern about the extradition of hacking suspect Lauri Love.
Mr Love, 33, from Suffolk, has autism and serious mental health issues and is sought in the US on hacking charges - crimes that the parliamentarians described as "digital civil disobedience".
He faces a total of 99 years in prison if found guilty.
The MPs, including government minister Matt Hancock, who signed the letter in his capacity as Mr Love's constituency MP, warned that there was "a great probability" that Mr Love, who is on a range of medication, would commit suicide if extradited.
"The UK has prosecuted at least 13 computer hackers who have interfered with US-based computer systems," they wrote.
Many of those hackers did not have the conditions that Mr Love has, according to the letter, and yet they were handled by the UK's criminal justice system.
They said Mr Love would be the first alleged British computer hacker to be extradited "and denied the opportunity to face a full prosecution in the UK".
MPs previously wrote to Barack Obama warning that Mr Love would die behind bars if he was extradited to the US.
In the new letter, they asked Theresa May and the Attorney General to make representations to their US counterparts to facilitate a prosecution in the UK.
Mr Love's case echoes that of Gary McKinnon, who had Asperger's and also faced US allegations of hacking. His extradition was blocked by Mrs May, who was home secretary at the time.
Following on from Mrs May's personal intervention to prevent Mr McKinnon's extradition, the Home Office introduced new legislation to stop vulnerable people being sent into the US criminal justice system.
Ahead of a High Court appeal hearing next week, the MPs asked: "Why is the United States insistent on Mr Love's extradition despite the UK having a proven track record of appropriately prosecuting, sentencing and rehabilitating indivdiuals who have committed computer hacking offences against the US?"
Number 10 did not immediately respond to enquiries.
Source: Theresa May under pressure to stop extradition of hacking suspect Lauri Love
Lauri Love's case echoes that of Gary McKinnon, from north London, who had Asperger's and also faced US allegations of hacking.
MPs have written to the Prime Minister and the Attorney General to express their concern about the extradition of hacking suspect Lauri Love.
Mr Love, 33, from Suffolk, has autism and serious mental health issues and is sought in the US on hacking charges - crimes that the parliamentarians described as "digital civil disobedience".
He faces a total of 99 years in prison if found guilty.
The MPs, including government minister Matt Hancock, who signed the letter in his capacity as Mr Love's constituency MP, warned that there was "a great probability" that Mr Love, who is on a range of medication, would commit suicide if extradited.
"The UK has prosecuted at least 13 computer hackers who have interfered with US-based computer systems," they wrote.
Many of those hackers did not have the conditions that Mr Love has, according to the letter, and yet they were handled by the UK's criminal justice system.
They said Mr Love would be the first alleged British computer hacker to be extradited "and denied the opportunity to face a full prosecution in the UK".
MPs previously wrote to Barack Obama warning that Mr Love would die behind bars if he was extradited to the US.
In the new letter, they asked Theresa May and the Attorney General to make representations to their US counterparts to facilitate a prosecution in the UK.
Mr Love's case echoes that of Gary McKinnon, who had Asperger's and also faced US allegations of hacking. His extradition was blocked by Mrs May, who was home secretary at the time.
Following on from Mrs May's personal intervention to prevent Mr McKinnon's extradition, the Home Office introduced new legislation to stop vulnerable people being sent into the US criminal justice system.
Ahead of a High Court appeal hearing next week, the MPs asked: "Why is the United States insistent on Mr Love's extradition despite the UK having a proven track record of appropriately prosecuting, sentencing and rehabilitating indivdiuals who have committed computer hacking offences against the US?"
Number 10 did not immediately respond to enquiries.
Source: Theresa May under pressure to stop extradition of hacking suspect Lauri Love
