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s citizens under French legislation. In accordance with this French constitutional rule, the administrative circular of 11 March 2004, published by the French Ministry of Justice, which aims at specifying how the then recently amended legal provisions regarding extradition should apply and be understood, states the following
In support of its argument that the French government would not extradite Ms Ghislaine Maxwell to the USA, the government relies on the case of Mr Hans Peterson, a dual French American citizen whose extradition to the US was denied by France in 2007. The Peterson precedent should only be cited with great ca
s "highly unlikely" that the French government would refuse to extradite Ms. Maxwell (Def. Mem., Ex. V at 2), the government attaches a letter from the French Ministry of Justice ("MOJ") that references neither Mr. Julie's report nor Ms. Maxwell, but states generally that the French Code of Criminal Procedure "absolutely pro
no precedent to draw from in that regard." (Def. Ex. V. at 2). That is not so. France has previously rejected such a request. For example, in 2006, Hans Peterson, an American citizen and French national, turned himself in to French authorities in Guadeloupe and confessed to committing a murder in the United S
s citizens under French legislation. In accordance with this French constitutional rule, the administrative circular of 11 March 2004, published by the French Ministry of Justice, which aims at specifying how the then recently amended legal provisions regarding extradition should apply and be understood, states the following
Page: EFTA00016785 →In support of its argument that the French government would not extradite Ms Ghislaine Maxwell to the USA, the government relies on the case of Mr Hans Peterson, a dual French American citizen whose extradition to the US was denied by France in 2007. The Peterson precedent should only be cited with great ca
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Ghislaine Maxwell
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
United Kingdom
LOCATION
Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
Michael Cohen
PERSONPeterson
PERSONFBI
ORGANIZATIONthe French Supreme Court
ORGANIZATIONConseil
ORGANIZATION
Barack Obama
PERSONSecond Circuit
ORGANIZATIONPetrov
PERSONRichard J. Durbin
PERSONthe Requested State
LOCATIONMorrison
PERSON
Bernie Madoff
PERSONKhashoggi
PERSONWilliam JULIE
PERSONSalvagno
PERSONKarni
PERSON