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Government

Aug. 18, 2004

Courts Can't Help Fugitives Facing Torture

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal courts have no authority to interfere with the secretary of state's decision to extradite fugitives to countries where they may be tortured, a federal appeals panel held Monday.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Federal courts have no authority to interfere with the secretary of state's decision to extradite fugitives to countries where they may be tortured, a federal appeals panel held Monday.
        The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circui...

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