a UK judge ruled that British national Babar Ahmad could be extradited to the US

a UK judge ruled that British national Babar Ahmad could be extradited to the US to face charges of soliciting support for terrorism and trying to set up a terrorist training camp in Arizona. The US had promised not to seek the death penalty for Ahmad, who was also accused of conspiring to kill US citizens and laundering money.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke, the top UK official in charge of law and order, had 60 days to decide whether Ahmad would be extradited.
Judge Timothy Workman said he accepted "categorical assurances" by US authorities that they wouldn't seek the death penalty or declare Ahmad, 31, an "enemy combatant," a category applied to prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay base.
"I have reached the conclusion that the risk of this being imposed by a civilian court is negligible," Workman said, referring to the death penalty.
Ahmad's extradition case was being heard in the UK under contentious "fast track" extradition procedures that came into effect in January 2004. The new rules lessened the burden of proof in some cases, allowing certain countries - including the US - to provide "information" rather than evidence that a crime has been committed.