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On 13 February 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a decision<\/a> in Horne v United Kingdom<\/em> refusing the appeal of Jonah Horne against his extradition to the U.S. <\/p>\n

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Ben Keith<\/a> was instructed to represent Mr Horne who faces charges of second-degree murder in Florida. Mr Keith argued before the Grand Chamber that Mr Horne\u2019s extradition should not be allowed on the grounds that he was likely to receive a sentence of life without parole (\u201cLWOP\u201d) upon conviction in the U.S. Whole life sentences are in breach of Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) which prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. <\/p>\n

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The ECtHR refused the arguments put forward and held that there was no \u201creal risk\u201d of Mr Horne receiving LWOP upon conviction, based on assurances provided by the US Prosecutor that they would not seek a whole life sentence of more than 40 years imprisonment. Rather problematically, such diplomatic assurances do not bind the sentencing court as the determination of the final sentence rests with the sentencing judge, not the prosecutor. Indeed, it is at the judges\u2019 discretion to entirely disregard any sentencing recommendations and, as seen in practice in the U.S., not uncommon for judges to do so. <\/p>\n

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The decision in Horne v United Kingdom<\/em><\/a> marks the third in the ECtHR\u2019s saga of cases concerning the issue of whether LWOP sentences imposed in the U.S. are \u201cirreducible\u201d and compliant with Article 3 ECHR. <\/p>\n

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As in Horne<\/em>, the Strasbourg Court repeatedly refused appeals against extradition from individuals claiming they would face whole life sentences upon return to the U.S. In each case, the Court found that there was no \u201creal risk\u201d of a LWOP sentence being imposed. The \u201creal risk\u201d test was set out by the ECtHR in the landmark decision of Sanchez-Sanchez vs United Kingdom<\/em><\/a>, stipulating that the applicant must demonstrate a real risk that they would receive a LWOP if convicted. If that is the case, the sending state must ascertain whether there is an adequate sentence review process. Horne was another missed opportunity for the ECtHR to clarify the second stage of the Sanchez-test. The decisions in these recent cases \u2013 Sanchez-Sanchez<\/em>, Balahan v Sweden<\/em><\/a> and Horne<\/em> \u2013 indicate that the ECtHR has set a very high bar when assessing whether there is a \u201creal risk\u201d of a life sentence, weakening the protection against expulsion.<\/p>\n

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Following the ruling, Ben Keith featured in the BBC<\/a>, commenting “It is difficult to see how anyone will be able to show that they will receive a life without parole sentence. The evidential test has become much higher with recent cases.<\/em>” The ECtHR decision was also covered by The Irish News<\/a> and the Belfast Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It remains interesting to see how Florida judges will decide in Mr Horne\u2019s case, whether the ECtHR\u2019s decision will be considered, and how Mr Horne will be treated in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Ben Keith<\/a> was instructed by Roger Sahota<\/a> at Berkley Square Solicitors in Horne<\/em>, the case of Balahan <\/em>and the case of Sanchez-Sanchez<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Ben Keith<\/a> is a leading barrister specialising in cross-border and international cases. He deals with all aspects of Extradition, Human Rights, Mutual Legal Assistance, Interpol, Financial crime and International Law including sanctions. He has extensive experience of appellate proceedings before the Administrative and Divisional Courts, Criminal and Civil Court of Appeal as well as applications and appeals to the European Court of Human Rights and United Nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El abogado especializado en extradici\u00f3n Ben Keith compareci\u00f3 ante la Gran Sala del TEDH en un recurso de extradici\u00f3n. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,75,17,16,74],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-appeal","tag-european-court-of-human-rights","tag-extradition","tag-human-rights","tag-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEuropean Court of Human Rights refuses appeal in murder case, allowing extradition to the U.S. - IHR Advisors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ihr-advisors.com\/es\/european-court-of-human-rights-refuses-appeal-in-murder-case-allowing-extradition-to-the-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Court of Human Rights refuses appeal in murder case, allowing extradition to the U.S. - 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