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interesting!
I think he knew exactly where to go, Germany:
| quote: | But Gary Botting, a Vancouver criminal defence and extradition lawyer, said the case — which falls under the Treaty Between Canada and the Federal Republic of Germany Concerning Extradition, which was signed on Sept. 30, 1979 — could draw out for about a year if Mr. Magnotta pursues the two available levels of appeals should the German government decide to extradite him.
Mr. Botting said the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade first had to make a formal, diplomatic extradition request to its German counterparts. Mr. Magnotta, he said, will likely be denied bail in the meantime because of the magnitude of the allegations against him and the international publicity surrounding the gruesome case.
He said that starting today, a Crown prosecutor in Montreal — where Mr. Magnotta is accused of having killed and dismembered 33-year-old Lin Jun in his apartment — will have 45 days to build what is called a record of the case. That record will contain a detailed summary of all evidence against Mr. Magnotta, and it will then be fully turned over to the Department of Justice’s International Assistance Group, Mr. Botting said.
Next, he said the department will submit the record to authorities in Germany, where Mr. Magnotta will face a two-, three-, or four-day extradition hearing. That hearing is likely to take place roughly six months from now, he said, due simply to normal court-scheduling demands.
Mr. Botting said a German judge will also hear from the defence — likely a capable and high-profile legal aid lawyer appointed to represent Mr. Magnotta — and will then take two weeks or so to decide whether the evidence against Mr. Magnotta is substantial enough to warrant extradition. The German government has the ultimate authority to decide whether to accept the judge’s recommendation, and Mr. Magnotta has the right to both appeal the judge’s decision and then later, should he so choose, the government’s decision. |
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...ning-to-canada/
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