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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Review the UK-US extradition agreement

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The treaty is in favour of the US rather than the UK. The US does not need to present evidence to a British court to request extradite people from the UK. Where as the UK must provide "sufficient evidence to establish probable cause" to secure the extradition of US citizen

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