Author Question: ____________ is the process by which one jurisdiction surrenders a person accused or convicted of ... (Read 8 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

____________ is the process by which one jurisdiction surrenders a person accused or convicted of violating another jurisdiction's criminal law to the second jurisdiction.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Discuss the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). Why is the AEDPA such an important legal tool against terrorists? Signed into law in 1996, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

What will be an ideal response?

isabelt_18 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Extradition

Answer to Question 2

o (AEDPA) was passed in response to the 1995 truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The AEDPA is legislation giving law enforcement officers the power to arrest and
o prosecute any individual who provides material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization..
Seen as a critical legal tool in efforts to combat terrorism, as it permits law
o enforcement agent to arrest suspects even though no crime, in the traditional sense of the word, has taken place and no evident harm has been caused.

o Allows the government to prevent first, prosecute second..
o An important part of America's criminal justice model response to terrorism.