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Europe
France Can Extradite Italian Commie. Maybe.
2004-10-14
France's highest court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that a former Italian left-wing militant and convicted murderer who escaped prison in the 1980s can be extradited. Italian Justice Minister Roberto Castelli called the ruling concerning Cesare Battisti "another step ahead" and expressed satisfaction with the court's decision, the ANSA news agency said. However, the fugitive-turned-writer — who remains in hiding — said through his new lawyer that his fight to stay in France is not over.
"Vous'll never extradite me alive, gendarmes!"
Even if Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin signs the extradition order, Battisti can appeal to the Council of State. Battisti's new mouthpiece lawyer, Eric Turcon, suggested that his client would do so. Battisti is a former member of the Armed Proletarians for Communism who escaped from an Italian prison in 1981.
Armed Proletarians for Communism, huh? One of the biggies...
Posted by:Fred

#3  Ira (?) Einhorn, leftist student activist, and it happened in Philadelphia.
Posted by: V is for Victory   2004-10-14 7:19:20 AM  

#2  I think his name was Einhorn, Mike.
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-10-14 6:21:55 AM  

#1  
France harbored a US murderer too for a couple decades. A political activist in New York murdered his girlfriend, stuffed her in a trunk, and stored her in a closet in his apartment. When the body was discovered because of the stink, he ran off to France. It was very difficult, like pulling French teeth, to extradite him back to the USA.
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Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-10-14 1:07:39 AM  

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