sorenhansen
08-18-2009, 05:01 AM
A Danish woman is going to be extradited to the US for something she maybe did decades ago.
It is the Camilla Broe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla_Broe) case, I am talking about.
She was an exchange student who became a naturalized citizen after she had engaged in a relationship with a boyfriend.
This boyfriend turned out to be criminal who smuggled drugs, but she was unable to escape his because she had no network to flee to. When the boyfriend was arrested she received notice that if she didn't testify against an investigation could be launced against her. She choosed to leave for Denmark before she was charged. In Denmark it is considered shameful to testify against your spouse to a point where relatives will try to commit suicide, so her actions was based on her cultural origins.
Back in Denmark she lived by friends and family before builting up her life again. No even a parking ticket has she been issued since. Then what most people regard as a political deal for Denmark to receive an international post, Denmark agreed to extradite her as a terrorist (Law number 1160 of 2003, part 2 (https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=2161)). For more than 2 years this case has been dealt with in our court system and the latest ruling is appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights), but the appeal does not upheld the extradition process as Denmark has received its payment.
The political reactions have been many. Most wants to stop the war on terrorism because the law which made it possible to have her extradited was a panic law introduced after 9/11. Others want to leave NATO.
When she returns to Florida, she is facing 60 years in jail. Because she left Florida, the case against the ringleader became difficult so a plea bargain was made so her former boyfriend got off with 6 years for smuggling 100,000 exstacy pills in exchange for a testimony against her.
Most legal experts have adviced her to plea "no contest" because the extradition agreement demand that she is returned to Denmark within 6 months after the sentence is given. Back in Denmark she will properly be released regardless of what sentence she is given in Florida because her case is too old to be considered in court. Second even first degree murder does often only end up with 16 years in jail.
My question however is where I can find information about the original case she is charged in. The smuggling did occur between 1995 and 1999 and the rest of the gang was sentenced around 2001.
It is the Camilla Broe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla_Broe) case, I am talking about.
She was an exchange student who became a naturalized citizen after she had engaged in a relationship with a boyfriend.
This boyfriend turned out to be criminal who smuggled drugs, but she was unable to escape his because she had no network to flee to. When the boyfriend was arrested she received notice that if she didn't testify against an investigation could be launced against her. She choosed to leave for Denmark before she was charged. In Denmark it is considered shameful to testify against your spouse to a point where relatives will try to commit suicide, so her actions was based on her cultural origins.
Back in Denmark she lived by friends and family before builting up her life again. No even a parking ticket has she been issued since. Then what most people regard as a political deal for Denmark to receive an international post, Denmark agreed to extradite her as a terrorist (Law number 1160 of 2003, part 2 (https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=2161)). For more than 2 years this case has been dealt with in our court system and the latest ruling is appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights), but the appeal does not upheld the extradition process as Denmark has received its payment.
The political reactions have been many. Most wants to stop the war on terrorism because the law which made it possible to have her extradited was a panic law introduced after 9/11. Others want to leave NATO.
When she returns to Florida, she is facing 60 years in jail. Because she left Florida, the case against the ringleader became difficult so a plea bargain was made so her former boyfriend got off with 6 years for smuggling 100,000 exstacy pills in exchange for a testimony against her.
Most legal experts have adviced her to plea "no contest" because the extradition agreement demand that she is returned to Denmark within 6 months after the sentence is given. Back in Denmark she will properly be released regardless of what sentence she is given in Florida because her case is too old to be considered in court. Second even first degree murder does often only end up with 16 years in jail.
My question however is where I can find information about the original case she is charged in. The smuggling did occur between 1995 and 1999 and the rest of the gang was sentenced around 2001.