I don't think we should extradite anyone to the USA...

[bobman0330]

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In summary I'm trying to say, okay so the US courts may feel that the death penalty is appropriate in this case to make victims feel justice is done, and I am arguing that we are sending him to you, and we also need to feel right about our part in this.

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I think this is a bit presumptuous, actually. If someone's being extradited to the US, it's because he committed a crime in the US or against Americans. Given that, I'm not sure where England, or any other country, has much business in dictating what punishment should be meted out. Granted, if the suspect was going to be tortured, or jailed without a trial, there's a problem with allowing your country to be party to such acts. Unless you feel that the death penalty is up to that level (which would be shocking, but I'd love to hear about it), I think it's one of those matters that should be left to the decision of the country requesting extradition. As another poster suggested, it wouldn't really be appropriate for an extraditing country to set limits on how much time a particular offense warrants or whether or not the prisoner will have cable TV in his cell.