Britain has approved the extradition of an alleged computer hacker who is accused of snatching data from the U.S. Defense Department, the U.S. Army and the FBI.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has authorized the extradition of 31-year-old Lauri Love, who faces 99 years in prison if found guilty on cyber-hacking charges for allegedly compromising networks between October 2012 and October 2013 and stealing data. He has 14 days to appeal the decision.
Love, who has Asperger’s syndrome, told the Daily Mail in an interview published Tuesday that the decision was a “kick in the gut.” He says he doesn’t “think much of my future life prospects.”
Love’s father, the Rev Alexander Love, says “all we are asking for is British justice for a British citizen.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
I don’t care where this guy serves his sentence. He needs to serve his sentence. I don’t have any sympathies for his Asperger’s Syndrome diagnosis. This is like trying to say a drunk driver shouldn’t be held responsible for killing three people because they were drunk at the time of the accident.
The drunk driver had total control over whether he consumed alcohol to the point of being drunk and then got into a vehicle and drove. Asperger’s is a completely different story as these people do not have total control over their actions. It’s a brain dysfunction issue that is not brought on by intentional actions. There are many similarities to Autism.
Chill Justin. You’re gonna bust an artery