Wanted terrorists extradited to the United States under...

Wanted terrorists extradited to the United States under new "fast track" procedures will not face the death penalty for their role in the 11 September massacre.
David Blunkett and EU home affairs ministers are ready to meet European human rights legislation by seeking guarantees that members of the Osama bin Laden's terrorist network will not be executed if they are extradited.
The Home Secretary is rushing forward legislation to end the delays in extradition which can take years. However, under article 3 of the European Court [Convention] of Human Rights, extradition can be blocked if the suspects could face capital punishment.
Sources close to Mr Blunkett have said that the new fast track measures to be introduced as part of an emergency counter-terrorism package will include a provision specifically to ensure that there will be no threat of the death penalty in the US or other countries.
"Article 3 of the ECHR is inviolable. It says you cannot send people back to a country where they may face torture or other forms of persecution. The death penalty would fit into that category," said the source.
"We have had ad hoc arrangements on a case by case basis with an explicit agreement the courts in the US do not exercise the death penalty if suspects are extradited. We will be introducing a protocol to put those agreements on a more sure footing."