I have found an article that you can link to unit 1: “Types of courts”.
The article is about a 43-year-old man, his name is Gary McKinnon. He has Asperger’s syndrome.
On 9 October 2009, he was denied permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The charges against Gary McKinnon were breaking into the network of the Pentagon’s military.
He hacked into the network to look for reports on UFOs.
Now, he is fighting against the decision of the High Court.
The decision is about the extradition of Gary McKinnon.
The High Court decided that the case couldn’t be moved to a higher level because it didn’t raise "points of law of general public importance".
The lawyers of McKinnon are now considering of applying to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
Because of his syndrome, they say that it can be dangerous to extradition McKinnon; it could even lead to suicide.
My opinion of this article is that I agree with the mother of Gary McKinnon, it’s a lack of humanity.
When you know that the extradition isn’t good for the health of the victim, you should consider dropping the extradition.
The mother said that the UK would readily offer the citizens to protect a political relationship.
She thinks it a disgrace because it’s really inhuman. I also agree with this opinion because the UK has to help its citizens instead of looking at the political relationship with other countries.
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/10/we-ll-send-him-hack-115875-21736252/
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I also agree with Jolien about this subject. It's really inhuman and it is not a right decision. The UK must take care of the citizens and must help them instead of wondering about their political relationships.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI agree with Jolien and Marieke, if somebody has a health problem they have to take this in mind. But it is a serious case they have to deal with, and they can’t just go over it like nothing happened.
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