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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Doesn't extradition only apply to something that is illegal in both countries?...
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As far as I am aware that is generally so. It is certainly so for my own country who will generally (see Edit below) only extradite to another if the offence was punishable in my own country and would have carried a jail term of not less than 12 months.
There are often other exceptions where a country will not extradite to another even if an agreement exists, for example if the penalty for the offence in the country to be extradited to includes the death penalty. In that case, for example, it is not unknown for an extradition to still be made if the extradited to country guarantees that a death sentence will not be imposed.
EDIT re. "generally"; comes to mind, without checking, that the only exceptions are crimes to do with taxation and revenue (would one know that would be so?), or if the convicted person was convicted in absence in which case they are treated as just being accused of the offence.