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Britain briefly suspends sending evidence to U.S. law enforcement
Source: The Washington Post
British authorities earlier this month told their American counterparts that they had suspended sending over all evidence in criminal cases because the United States still uses the death penalty — a move some American law enforcement officials feared might signal a fraying relationship over several politically charged matters, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The United Kingdom’s Central Authority delivered the message on June 4 as part of communications over a visa fraud case in which the United States wanted assistance, saying it had “paused transmission of all evidence to all countries that maintain the death penalty on their statute books.”
The message pointed to a March decision from the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, which declared that it was unlawful for British authorities to have cooperated with the United States in a high-profile terrorism case without first being assured that the men would not face the death penalty.
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The United States and the United Kingdom are mired in a number of politically charged legal cases in which each is seeking the other’s help — to little avail. Most notably, in April, the Justice Department made a formal, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request to speak with Britain’s Prince Andrew as part of its investigation into the sexual abuse of minors by now-deceased multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the two Justice Department officials said.
The United Kingdom’s Central Authority delivered the message on June 4 as part of communications over a visa fraud case in which the United States wanted assistance, saying it had “paused transmission of all evidence to all countries that maintain the death penalty on their statute books.”
The message pointed to a March decision from the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, which declared that it was unlawful for British authorities to have cooperated with the United States in a high-profile terrorism case without first being assured that the men would not face the death penalty.
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The United States and the United Kingdom are mired in a number of politically charged legal cases in which each is seeking the other’s help — to little avail. Most notably, in April, the Justice Department made a formal, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request to speak with Britain’s Prince Andrew as part of its investigation into the sexual abuse of minors by now-deceased multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the two Justice Department officials said.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/britain-briefly-suspends-sending-evidence-to-us-law-enforcement-in-move-some-see-as-a-sign-of-fraying-relationship/2020/06/10/017d626c-aa80-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html
