A decide dominated Tahawwur Rana could keep within the U.S. throughout enchantment of his extradition to India the place he would face sure conviction and the dying penalty for his function in a Mumbai bloodbath.


Rana has already been convicted in Chicago of ties to the Pakistani terror group that was accountable for the a number of day siege in Mumbai, India on November 2008. The assault killed 175 individuals, together with six Americans.

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Rana owned and operated a Rogers Park journey company that authorities stated was excellent cowl for a jihadist plot together with his buddy David Headley to assist terrorists of their native Pakistan assault arch-enemy India.

After his conviction in Chicago for ties to the fear group Lashkar-e-Taiba, and serving a 15 yr sentence, a US decide dominated Rana should be extradited to India to face trial there.

Rana has appealed, claiming would basically be a dying sentence.

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As Rana waits in a cell on the federal lock-up in Los Angeles, prosecutors need him despatched abroad now even and not using a resolution on his enchantment.

Late Friday afternoon, in a keep of extradition, a decide in Los Angeles dominated that, “Rana has shown that he is likely to suffer significant irreparable harm absent a stay.”

“It means that if this court doesn’t stop the extradition from going forward, then he’ll be extradited, and will have no chance of winning on the arguments that he’s making, which are that he can’t be extradited under the law,” defined ABC7 Chief Legal Analyst Gil Soffer, “I think this order does give Rana a hope that he may be able to stay in the US. The court says it hasn’t concluded that he’s going to win, but the court is issuing a stay on the theory that he might win at least on appeal.”

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Soffer, a former federal prosecutor, stated he’s just a little shocked by the ruling.

“Typically, an extradition is not the most complicated proceeding and typically, at the request of a state of a country with which we have an extradition treaty, we will extradite, but here the court is seeing a real question on the law on whether he can be extradited or not,” he stated.

The I-Team has not but acquired a reply from Rana’s attorneys however what this ruling means is that legal professionals for the convicted Chicago terrorist will now have time to pursue their enchantment.

One important query is whether or not America’s treaty with India permits for him to be extradited and tried there for an offense during which he additionally confronted prosecution right here, or whether or not the fees are considerably completely different.