PORTUGAL: SUPREME COURT REJECTS 2ND US APPEAL TO EXTRADITE FUGITIVE GEORGE WRIGHT
Portugal's Supreme Court refused a second appeal by the United States to extradite American
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Portugal's Supreme Court refused a second appeal by the United States to extradite American fugitive George Wright.
Portuguese police captured the 68-year-old Wright near the capital Lisbon last September, ending his four decades on the lam after escaping from a New Jersey prison.
A lower court judge ruled in November that Wright had become a Portuguese citizen and that the statute of limitations on his 15- to 30-year sentence for a robbery-murder in New Jersey had expired.
The Supreme Court rejected a first U.S. appeal last month.
A court decision provided to The Associated Press showed judges confirmed the earlier decision.
Portuguese police captured the 68-year-old Wright near the capital Lisbon last September, ending his four decades on the lam after escaping from a New Jersey prison.
A lower court judge ruled in November that Wright had become a Portuguese citizen and that the statute of limitations on his 15- to 30-year sentence for a robbery-murder in New Jersey had expired.
The Supreme Court rejected a first U.S. appeal last month.
A court decision provided to The Associated Press showed judges confirmed the earlier decision.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: foxnews.com, 01/02/2012)
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