How to Use extradition in a Sentence

extradition

noun
  • But in a court proceeding in the Bahamas, his lawyer there said his client was not yet ready to waive extradition.
    Matthew Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Dotcom has been able to delay extradition despite numerous rulings against him.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
  • An important reason for allowing bail was that Bankman-Fried agreed to waive extradition, Roos said.
    Larry Neumeister, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The extradition hearing is Tuesday, and his public defender said he would most likely be moved back to Idaho on Tuesday evening.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The defendants who live out of state must waive their extradition rights, and none of them can contact each other, the activist group on social media or return to the public safety training center site.
    Zachary Hansen, ajc, 28 Dec. 2022
  • He has been charged with Interference with Custody and is awaiting extradition back to Arkansas.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 30 July 2024
  • Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition in connection with the killings of the four students.
    Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Van der Sloot’s extradition to the U.S. doesn’t mark the end of his sentence for the Flores case.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
  • The extradition process could take up to four years, Evans said.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
  • The three men were in custody and one was awaiting extradition to the U.S.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Since then Kim Dotcom has been fighting extradition to the U.S. to face charges of fraud.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Kenya has an extradition treaty with the United States.
    Larry Madowo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Three were still at large, three were fighting extradition, and Siegel was dead.
    Carol Roark, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
  • Assange's lawyers had asked the court to grant him one last appeal against his extradition.
    Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The court said in that case extradition may not be permitted.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • His wife is awaiting the outcome of an appeal in her own extradition case.
    Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The issue of extradition was not a major focus of the hearing.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • Plus, Julian Assange has won an appeal to fight extradition to the US.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
  • That includes some countries that don’t have extradition treaties with the United States, such as Switzerland and Ecuador.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s what to know about the long-running legal battle over his extradition and what could happen next.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • He was then detained by the Brits in Belmarsh Prison for the past five years while his extradition was litigated.
    The Editors, National Review, 26 June 2024
  • The extradition of a third suspect, Ezekial Ejehem Robert, 19, is still pending.
    Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • While there have been some arrests made abroad, the United States has no formal extradition agreement with many of the countries where the scammers are.
    Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 15 May 2024
  • Vallow Daybell could either agree to the extradition or fight it.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The court of appeals will rule on his case before the extradition proceeding can begin.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
  • An extradition hearing for Ms. Smyth, who remains in custody, has been set for April 17.
    Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Carter initially declined to waive extradition from New York but did so on Jan. 5, Hely said.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
  • An extradition order to the United States is pending against him.
    Karol Suárez, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • Where will Do Kwon go next? Seoul is seeking extradition, and so is Washington.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The United States then appealed her ruling and won, and Assange’s extradition was approved in June 2022.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023

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