Should a US state refuse to extradite a fugitive to another US state

[Nye Bevan]

if they believe there has been an injustice?

Imagine that someone escapes from a Louisiana state prison and makes his way to Connecticut, and that many people in Connecticut feel that this person, a black man, was a victim of a racist redneck prosecutor and a mostly white jury. In this circumstance should Connecticut refuse to extradite that person back to Louisiana?

[lostincalifornia]

1. Those are interesting questions for discussion

The Russians won't extradite Snowdoen, and there are a lot of countries we do no have extradition treaties with

[bemildred]

2. That seems like something Connecticut should decide for itself at the time. nt

[sked14]

3. If it were proven that your example were true,

then, yes, there would be legitimate reasons to not extradite the person back.

[The Magistrate]

4. A Governor Cannot Do That Any More, Sir

It was for a long time held that a governor could refuse to turn someone over to another state, but that was changed not too long ago.

[sked14]

5. I did not know that.

Link?

[NobodyHere]

6. I'm sure there's something in the constituiton about that.

nt

[LoveIsNow]

7. They can't. It's in the constitution. Article 4. Nt.

[former9thward]

8. They can.

In one case I am familiar with, Governor McCall of Oregon (1973) refused to extradite a black man, Ron Williams, who had been convicted in Alabama and fled to Oregon. I worked on that campaign. Although rare there have been others.