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Extradition law in the United States is the formal process by which a fugitive found in one country or state is surrendered to another country or state for trial or punishment. For foreign countries the process is regulated by treaty and conducted between the Federal Government of the United States and the government of a foreign country. The process is considerably different from interstate extradition, or interstate Rendition , as mandated by Article 4, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution . INTERSTATE EXTRADITION The in the Constitution requires States, upon demand of another State, deliver a fugitive of justice who has committed a " Treason , Felony or other Crime " to be removed to the State from which the fugitive has fled. sets the process by which an executive of a state, district or territory of the United States must arrest and turn over a fugitive from another state, district or territory. In order for a person to be extradited interstate, requires:
EXTRADITION INVOLVING FOREIGN COUNTRIES Typically, under United States law extradition may be granted only pursuant to a treaty. However, some countries grant extradition without a treaty which requires a reciprocal agreement by the United States. Amendments to and in 1996, allow the extradition persons other than United States citizens, nationals or permanent residents who have committed Crimes Of Violence against nationals of the United States in foreign countries. The United States has extradition treaties with over 100 countries. Of the 100 bilateral treaties most are dual criminality treaties with the remaining being list treaties. The United States maintains dipomatic relations, but does not have extradition treaties with the following countries: Afghanistan , Algeria , Armenia , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Brunei , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cameroon , Cape Verde , Central African Republic , Chad , China (People's Republic Of China) , Ciskei , The Comors , Cote D' Ivoire , Djibouti , Equatorial Guinea , Ethiopia , Gabon , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Indonesia , Jordan , Kuwait , Laos , Lebanon , Madagascar , Mali , Marshall Islands , Mauritania , Micronesia , Moldova , Mongolia , Mozambique , Myanmar , Namibia , Nepal , Niger , Oman , Qatar , Russian Federation , Rwanda , São Tomé And Príncipe , Saudi Arabia , Senegal , Sudan , Syria , Togo , Tunisia , Uganda , Western Samoa , Yemen , Zaire , and Zimbabwe . The United States Countries which have neither diplomatic relations nor extradition treaties with the US are: Andorra , Angola , Bantu Homelands , Bhutan , Bosnia , Cambodia , Ciskei , Iran , Libya , Maldives , Serbia , Somalia , Taiwan , Transkei , Vanuatu , and Vietnam . EXTERNAL LINKS
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