Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 12, 2002
South Africa

South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive...

South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive Patty Hearst kidnapper - unless the US guarantees he will not be executed

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South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive Patty Hearst kidnapper - unless the US guarantees he will not be executed. James Kilgore, a former member of urban guerilla group the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), was detained at his home in Cape Town by members of the country's serious crimes squad and Interpol agents. The SLA kidnapped American publishing heiress Hearst in 1973 - and she converted to their violent cause. Kilgore, 55, is wanted in the US in connection with a 1975 bank robbery and murder, for which he could be sentenced to death. But South Africa's legislation does not allow extradition to a country if the death penalty is applicable there for the alleged crimes.
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  • (Sources: Daily Telegraph, 12/11/2002 )