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Hearing on extradition Van der Sloot

Author: By our correspondent Jan-Albert Hootsen | Tuesday, May 8, 2012 | 6:00

BACKGROUND - Many Peruvians still find that 28 years in prison is far too low for Joran van der Sloot, who in January was sentenced for the murder of Stephany Flores.

They would sometimes be at their beck and call, because the case Van der Sloot seems again to get a sequel. Today, in Piedras Gordas prison in Lima the hearing on the possible extradition of the 24-year-old Dutchman to the United States.

Extortion

Van der Sloot was indicted in 2010 by a court in Alabama, because he is the family of Natalee Holloway would have extorted. He would be the parents of the girl for $ 250,000 offered the truth behind her disappearance in 2005 revealed to. He would have received $ 25,000 of which he in the summer of 2010 traveled to Lima to participate in a poker tournament. It was during that stay he Stephany Flores brought to life.

Extradition to U.S.

The U.S. authorities have never made a secret of Van der Sloot that they want to try on our own soil. According to lawyer Jose Luis Jimenez, who stood by the Dutch during his trial, chances are it comes to extradition. "There is an initial agreement, although there are still a few elements of the application to be negotiated," says Jimenez, "but I consider it likely that the extradition is coming."

Complicated process

In the meantime, will there be a complicated process. Van der Sloot is appealing against his imprisonment, and this procedure must first be settled. The Peruvian Supreme Court probably affords more definite about this month. Only then can the American request to consider, first by the Supreme Court and a number of committees, and the final decision lies with the Peruvian Cabinet.

If the born Arnhem extradited, he will travel to the U.S. temporarily for trial in Alabama, which may take several months. Then he must first return to Peru to serve his sentence to sit for him in the U.S. ends up behind bars again. If he is in the extortion trial is convicted, he can get up to 25 years.

Holloway

In the most extreme case, Van der Sloot so only very old at liberty to come. Even then, his problems have not yet be over. The investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway may still, Van der Sloot is also in that case is still the prime suspect.

http://www.ed.nl/nieuws/algemeen/buiten ... r-Sloot.ec

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Several hurdles left to clear before US case begins against convicted murderer Joran vander Sloot

May 08, 2012

Joran van der Sloot may eventually face trial in the US on fraud and extortion charges, but there are still a number of hurdles to clear before the 24-year-old Dutchman serves any time in a US jail.

Van der Sloot was the last person to be seen with Alabama native Natalee Holloway on the island of Aruba in 2005. Holloway was on a class trip celebrating her high school graduation. Van der Sloot was arrested, but never charged with her murder. No body has been recovered and Holloway’s father went to court to have her declared legally dead last year.

Five years to the day after the disappearance of Holloway, van der Sloot was captured by security cameras in Lima, Peru, entering a hotel room with a 21-year-old Peruvian student, Stephany Flores. Flores was later found murdered in the hotel room. Van der Sloot was convicted and sentenced to 28 years in a maximum-security prison in the Andes.

In 2010, van der Sloot was indicted by an Alabama court for wire fraud and extortion. He had offered information to the Holloway family regarding the location of Natalee’s body in exchange for money. He received $25,000, but offered no information.

Van der Sloot used the $25,000 to go to Peru, where he entered a poker tournament and met Flores, who he then murdered in his hotel room.

He is currently appealing his murder conviction in Peru. Only after the appeal is decided will possible extradition to the US be considered. In Peru the request would go first to the Supreme Court, then to the Council of Ministers for a final decision.

If extradition for the wire fraud charges were approved, van der Sloot could face trial in Alabama. Peruvian officials say he would then be returned to Peru to continue serving out his murder sentence. He could serve time in a US jail, according to Peru’s Justice Minister, only after he completed serving his sentence in Peru.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/08 ... n-charges/

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Peru: Van der Sloot is not to be extradited to U.S.

LIMA - The Dutch defense attorney Joran Van der Sloot, who was convicted in Peru to 28 years in prison for the murder of a young Peruvian, said Tuesday he will oppose the extradition of extortion and wire fraud requested by the United States.

"Extradition strongly affects Van der Sloot. Here in Peru if you meet one third of his sentence he may have probation, but if convicted in the U.S., everything changes," said his lawyer Max Altez told The Associated Press.

He explained that if extradited to the Netherlands and is sentenced in the U.S., Peru will end its 28-year sentence and then had to return to America to fulfill his second conviction.

"We agree that Van der Sloot go to America because they hate above all is why there are jurors biased. We will defend ourselves with all possible legal remedies," said the lawyer.

Altez said an Alabama state court judge asked the Dutch for extortion and wire fraud.

Van der Sloot is charged in the U.S. for having borrowed money from relatives of the student Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba in 2005, in exchange for revealing the location of the remains of the young. The family was paid $ 25,000 but the Dutch did not keep his word.

In prison BBW Stone Lima, where he is serving sentence, Van der Sloot met with his lawyer with Judge Zenaida Vilca, who explained the reasons why the United States requested his extradition. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the embassies of the Netherlands and the United States in Lima.

The Dutch entered the court date dressed in jeans, gray shirt and handcuffs. He smiled at the officers who watched but did not respond to calls from reporters watched 25 meters away.

Under Peruvian law, the judge will submit a case to the Supreme Court to review the case and issue a resolution calling for the extradition to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, which in turn will submit its report to the Council of Ministers, which will eventually be which decide whether the extradition of Dutch.

During the trial in Peru Van der Sloot confessed to having attacked and choked to death Stephany Flores, 21, in the hotel room he occupied in Lima after having been together playing in a casino.

According to his lawyer "their stay in Peru can not be compared with the United States. There does not matter if you have little or much money, everyone is equal, here everyone knows that if you make a permanent solvency softer."

http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/05/08 ... e-ser.html

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Van der Sloot is charged in the U.S. for having borrowed money from relatives of the student Natalee Holloway

"Borrowed" ....not written with too much Dutch bias.

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Joran van der Sloot refuses to be extradited to U.S.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

The Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot refused to acquiesce to the request for extradition requested by the Justice of the United States (U.S.) for the alleged extortion of the mother of the girl Natalee Holloway, whose murder is attributed.

Young announced his decision to the holder of 22 Free Prisoners Criminal Court of Lima, Zenaida Vilca Malpica, in whose office the order is processed.

The judge moved the stones criminal BBW I Ancon, where he is serving 28 years in prison Van der Sloot for the murder of Peruvian Stephany Flores.

The sentence took this decision in the U.S. considering that the conditions are not to face a fair trial.

The judge entered Vilca Malpica this decision, to refer to the Supreme Court.

In Peru it is the executive that meets the requested extradition requests by other countries, taking into account the opinion of the Supreme Court.

It should be noted that, if extradited, Joran only going to get a judgment and then return to Peru to finish his sentence.

http://m.rpp.com.pe/2012-05-08-joran-va ... 79753.html

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News Peru: Van der Sloot is not to be extradited to U.S.

Peru: Van der Sloot extrad not want to be ...

LIMA (AP) "The Dutch defense attorney Joran Van der Sloot, who was convicted in Peru to 28 years in prison for the murder of a young Peruvian, said Tuesday he will oppose extradition for extortion ...

LIMA (AP) "The Dutch defense attorney Joran Van der Sloot, who was convicted in Peru to 28 years in prison for the murder of a young Peruvian, said Tuesday he will oppose the extradition of extortion and wire fraud requested by the United States.

"Extradition strongly affects Van der Sloot. Here in Peru if you meet one third of his sentence he may have probation, but if convicted in the U.S., everything changes," said his lawyer Max Altez told The Associated Press.

He explained that if extradited to the Netherlands and is sentenced in the U.S., Peru will end its 28-year sentence and then had to return to America to fulfill his second conviction.

"We agree that Van der Sloot go to America because they hate above all is why there are jurors biased. We will defend ourselves with all possible legal remedies," said the lawyer.

Altez said an Alabama state court judge asked the Dutch for extortion and wire fraud.

Van der Sloot is charged in the U.S. for having borrowed money from relatives of the student Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba in 2005, in exchange for revealing the location of the remains of the young. The family was paid $ 25,000 but the Dutch did not keep his word.

In prison BBW Stone Lima, where he is serving sentence, Van der Sloot met with his lawyer with Judge Zenaida Vilca, who explained the reasons why the United States requested his extradition. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the embassies of the Netherlands and the United States in Lima.

The Dutch entered the court date dressed in jeans, gray shirt and handcuffs. He smiled at the officers who watched but did not respond to calls from reporters watched 25 meters away.

Under Peruvian law, the judge will submit a case to the Supreme Court to review the case and issue a resolution calling for the extradition to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, which in turn will submit its report to the Council of Ministers, which will eventually be which decide whether the extradition of Dutch.

During the trial in Peru Van der Sloot confessed to having attacked and choked to death Stephany Flores, 21, in the hotel room he occupied in Lima after having been together playing in a casino.

According to his lawyer "their stay in Peru can not be compared with the United States. There does not matter if you have little or much money, everyone is equal, here everyone knows that if you make a permanent solvency softer."

http://noticias.univision.mobi/content. ... tner%3Dmia

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Joran Van Der Sloot’s Lawyer Says U.S. Extradition Inevitable


Credit: Karel Navarro/AP Photo

ABC News’ Joe Goldman in Lima, Peru, reports:

The extradition of Joran van der Sloot to the U.S. on charges of wire fraud and extortion in connection with the death of Natalee Holloway will likely take place this summer, his lawyer told ABC News today.

“The power of the United States will assure that Joran has to face a U.S. judge and I think the extradition will happen probably in two or three months,” Maximo Altez said in an exclusve interview with ABC News.

Altez spoke to ABC News after van der Sloot appeared in a jailhouse courtroom at Piedras Gordas prison, about two hours north of Lima.

Peruvian Judge Zenaida Vilca heard arguments by U.S. Justice Department officials pushing for the extradition while Altez opposed the move on grounds his client could not receive a fair trial in a U.S. court.

The Dutch national is currently serving a 28-year sentence for the murder of Stephany Flores, a Peruvian woman whom van der Sloot admitted to strangling in his Lima hotel room two years ago.

He is also the main suspect in thedisappearance of Holloway in 2005 on the Caribbean island of Aruba where van der Sloot had lived most of his life.

Van der Sloot, appearing nervous and thinner than in previous appearances, was marched by prison officials to the courtroom, handcuffed and refusing to answer questions posed by nearby reporters.

The maximum-security jail is in a sparsely populated area of rolling desert-like hills. On one of the mountains overlooking the facility is the slogan Cristo Vive (Christ Lives) in huge white block letters and below are the tents of some very poor squatters.

Altz spoke with ABC News after the court appearance and said van der Sloot was “very upset with the prospect of being extradited to the U.S. I haven’t seen Joran so down, so depressed since I took on his defense almost two years ago.”

The extortion and wire fraud charges relate to payments allegedly made to van der Sloot by the Holloway family for information on the whereabouts of their daughter’s body.

In court U.S. legal officials argued that there is evidence that will show that van der Sloot arranged for and accepted those payments. Altez says that van der Sloot was lured into taking those payments and that it wasn’t on his client’s initiative.

Although the judge and other Peruvian legal authorities claim van der Sloot will have to return to Peru to finish out his 28-year sentence, Altez thinks differently.

“Once he’s in the U.S. there are no guarantees that he would not be charged with Holloway’s murder although no such evidence exists,” he said.

The next step involves the judge sending her decision to Peru’s Supreme Court, expected within the next week to 10 days, and the high court then giving its stamp of approval to the extradition. At that point only government ministers or the president can stop the process, which is highly unlikely according to most observers.

“It’s not in our interest that Joran be judged in the U.S. because he is despised there. You could not find an impartial jury to try him,” said Altez, who said he will try to stop the extradition “by all legal means possible.”

“There’s not much you can do when you’re up against the most powerful country in the world,” he added.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... nevitable/

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Why single out America? People around the world know little about him other than of his guilty plea to murdering Stephany Flores and that Natalee Holloway was last seen with Joran nearly seven years ago. Perhaps he would receive a fair trial in the Netherlands? How about in Russia? I think that people are people the world around and jurors for the most part take their duties seriously and American jurors are not any different. If a case is proven beyond a reasonable doubt, he will be found guilty. If it is not, he will be acquitted. Gosh, why are they [Joran and his attorney] so paranoid. They should lighten up. He would probably be treated better in an American jail than where he is.

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"We agree that Van der Sloot go to America because they hate above all is why there are jurors biased. We will defend ourselves with all possible legal remedies," said the lawyer.

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Last I knew you can request trial by judge, if you really think they jury would be biased.

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....but the Judges here might be Jug's friends ...not friends of the van der Sloots. Joran knows how it works ~ he lived it already on the tiny island.

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If they charge Joran with murder in the US, I wonder if they can depose Val to finally make a statement if he is still studying in the US?

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lol @ the US exerting all its might to extradite a kid over 25,000 dollars when he seems to have taken a human life in another country. 25,000 dollars = a human life.

Makes sense akin to gloating about solving "underwear" bombs like it's the next coming

Not a moment's comfort for the deceased in Peru when the big greedy ineffectual hand extends itself internationally to try to prove otherwise, for no less the most trivial of affairs.

Good grief,what an utter and complete embarrassment.

Cannot imagine if there were ever a real crisis anywhere how the whole house of cards would collapse.

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All it's might. Alabama's just gonna attack back just like Joran used to do to them on Aruba. Home team advantage is tough.

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Behind bin Laden, Holloway death suspect van der Sloot is 'most hated person' in US, lawyer says

May 09, 2012 1:06 AM EDT
Source: NewsCore


LIMA, Peru -- With Usama bin Laden dead, Joran van der Sloot has become "the most hated person there is" in the US, his lawyer said as a Peruvian court considered Wednesday a request to extradite him to the homeland of suspected teenage murder victim Natalee Holloway.

Van der Sloot will likely be extradited from Peru to the US within months, lawyer Maximo Altez said, to face charges of extorting money from the mother of Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba during a 2005 vacation.

The 24-year-old Dutchman is suspected of killing Holloway, and was one of the last people she was seen with. He has never been charged with her murder, but faces charges of demanding $250,000 from the 18-year-old's mother in return for information about the location of her body.

He is currently serving a 28-year sentence in Peru, where he strangled business student Stephany Flores, 21, during a 2010 argument in a hotel room.

"The power of the United States will assure that Joran has to face a US judge and I think the extradition will happen probably in two or three months," Altez told ABC News.

He further told AFP, "...in the United States the judicial system is based on juries that are swayed by the news. In the United States they would find him guilty. Over there, Joran is, after Usama bin Laden, the most hated person there is."

His comments came after a Tuesday court hearing near Lima in which van der Sloot opposed extradition. Altez said his client was "very upset with the prospect of being extradited to the US. I haven't seen Joran so down, so depressed since I took on his defense almost two years ago."

A decision on the extradition will need to be approved by Peru's Supreme and High Courts.

Peru's Justice Minister Cesar San Martin said that were van der Sloot extradited, he could attend his US trial, but would then have to return to Peru to serve the rest of his sentence for killing Flores before he served any prison time that might be ordered in the US, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported earlier.

But Altez doubts that van der Sloot, once in US custody, would ever return to Peru.

"There's not much you can do when you're up against the most powerful country in the world," Altez said.

The two cases surrounding van der Sloot possess a strange symmetry. Flores died May 30, 2010 -- five years to the day after Holloway went missing; and van der Sloot admitted on January 11 this year that he had killed the 21-year-old -- a day before Holloway was declared dead.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/18237019/ ... awyer-says

Nice move, Maximo. He's like a Nancy Grace for the defense. Creating more drama than required or evident. Poor Little Pinkus...


"When you're down and troubled
and you need a helping hand
and nothing, oh nothing is going right"

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He further told AFP, "...in the United States the judicial system is based on juries that are swayed by the news. In the United States they would find him guilty. Over there, Joran is, after Usama bin Laden, the most hated person there is."

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Juries swayed by the news? You would think so, but it seems that the inverse result is true...once a story reaches a critical mass of news coverage, conviction becomes harder.
Still...this would not be a murder trial (presumably) and he has delusions of grandeur if he thinks that he generally hated here. For most people, he is an interesting trivia story at most.

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He further told AFP, "...in the United States the judicial system is based on juries that are swayed by the news. In the United States they would find him guilty. Over there, Joran is, after Usama bin Laden, the most hated person there is."

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Juries swayed by the news? You would think so, but it seems that the inverse result is true...once a story reaches a critical mass of news coverage, conviction becomes harder.
Still...this would not be a murder trial (presumably) and he has delusions of grandeur if he thinks that he generally hated here. For most people, he is an interesting trivia story at most.

Oh, I'm sure there some federal prosecutor out there hoping to make name w/ a murder indictment, not that it would be prudent legaly, but who cares. Why is this going to trial anyway? Don't +95% of federal cases end in a plea bargain?

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Let's see - Natalee Ann Holloway has been officially declared dead in the State of Alabama, so the she ran away story is off the table. (still Missing in Aruba though - they are on the case )
Joran has repeatedly admitted to involvement in Natalee's demise in numerous ways - whether he did it for the money or the notoriety or because one version is the truth I doubt anyone in Alabama really gives a shit at this point. I can see a murder indictment and him being found guilty.

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Joran van der Sloot's Extradition to US Not a Done Deal


By Stephanie Rabiner

Fri May 11, 2012 12:39am EDT

Despite claims otherwise, Joran van der Sloot's extradition to the U.S. is not yet set in stone. Though a Peruvian judge approved his "provisional detention" last month, the convicted murderer has indicated that he intends to fight his extradition.

In court on Tuesday, van der Sloot told a judge that he would rather serve out the remainder of his 28-year murder sentence in Peru than be sent to the U.S. Rumor has it his jailed lifestyle is significantly more cushy than it would be in a federal prison.

Despite his objection, most agree that van der Sloot will be extradited at some point in the following months. Per the the U.S.-Peru extradition treaty, an extradition request must be granted if the individual has been charged with an offense punishable by at least a 1-year jail sentence in both countries.

Van der Sloot was indicted for wire fraud and extortion in 2010, according to CNN. There is evidence that he offered Natalee Holloway's mother fake information about her daughter's remains in exchange for $250,000. She paid him $25,000 of it.

Because the judge approved van der Sloot's provisional detention, it's been implied that extortion and fraud are higher-level crimes in Peru.

Granted, it's still possible that Peru's Supreme Court or government ministers will stop Joran van der Sloot's extradition. His lawyer claims he will not receive a fair trial in this country and that the U.S. will not return him once here, reports ABC News. However, the general consensus is that no one is willing to step in.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/ ... 7320120511

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Van Der Sloots Lawyer: Its A Waste Of Money To Extradite Joran To The U.S.

May 11, 2012

After Joran van der Sloot appeared in a Peruvian court Tuesday to fight an extradition order that could send him back to the U.S. to face new charges, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting that his attorney believes it is a waste of tax-payers money to have him stand trial in America.

This week I am going to present a motion with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights on behalf of Joran van der Sloot to halt the extradition of him from Peru to the U.S., explained one of attorneys Aldo Cotrina. I believe it will be successful because our claims against Peru for human rights violation are strong.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the Dutchman, who confessed to the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in May 2010, appeared before a judge and prosecutor and stated that he would prefer to finish serving a 28-year murder sentence there, rather than travel to America to stand trial for extortion and wire fraud charges in connection with the mysterious disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

He is trying to avoid extra prison time, said Cotrina, who explained that the Supreme Court in Peru still has to make a decision about his murder conviction and Joran wants to be in the country to appeal that ruling.

The longer the confessed killer and his legal team can drag the procedure out, the more chance he has of avoiding being deported at all, as the statute of limitations for the fraud charge which was filed in 2010 is three years.

In June 2010, a federal grand jury in Alabama indicted van der Sloot on charges that he tried to extort $250,000 from Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway. Van der Sloot offered to provide what turned out to be bogus information about the whereabouts of Holloway's remains in exchange for the money, according to the indictment.

They want to bring him over as soon as possible, before the statute of limitation has passed. We just have to delay it for a year then they cant charge him, revealed his attorney.

While many hope that once van der Sloot is in the country, he will ultimately be charged with the murder of the Alabama teen (he was arrested twice during the original investigation but never charged), Cotrina claims that will not happen because of a document signed between the U.S. and Peru in 2002 regarding the extradition of any individual between the two countries.

America has to take into consideration that they can only charge with him with what is stated on the order. They cant add any additional charges afterwards, he revealed.

He can only be charged with wire fraud extortion, not with murder, he told RadarOnline.com.

The other issue is that wire fraud and extortion in Peru are considered a violation, with a maximum sentence of one year. The U.S. has to sentence him according to Peruvian law because of the extradition agreement."

Ultimately, The U.S. is going to spend a lot of money to get him there for nothing! Claimed Cotrina, who is traveling from Lima to Washington DC to file the legal motion against Jorans transportation on May 18.

People assume once he is on American soil they can charge him with murder, but we are going to be sure that the U.S. has to respect the extradition agreement and make sure that doesn't happen.

The 24-year-old Dutchman is currently being held in Perus maximum security prison Piedras Gordas but hoping to return to the relative luxury of Castro Castro.

http://m.radaronline.com/exclusives/201 ... aste-money

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Peru’s top court OKs Joran extradition to US

Published on 2 June 2012

Joran van der Sloot may, in due course, be extradited to the United States, Peru’s Supreme Court has ruled.

Mr Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores, though an appeal against the ruling is still pending. He is wanted in the United States in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, who went missing in Aruba in 2005, and alleged attempts by the Dutchman to extort her mother.

Peru’s Supreme Court stipulated, however, that Mr Van der Sloot can only be extradited to the United States after serving his sentence. Peru’s government has yet to make a decision on the matter.

http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/peru% ... adition-us

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Van der Sloot jail after being extradited to the U.S. "

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Joran van der Sloot is extradited to the United States as his prison sentence of 28 years in Peru has been served. That is what Peruvian media reported based on court documents. Previously, the lawyers of Van der Sloot even know to expect the Dutchman in the short term in the U.S. would be justified.


A court in the state of Alabama has the extradition of Van der Sloot asked. The Dutchman is suspected of blackmailing the mother of Natalee Holloway. The American teenager disappeared in Aruba in May 2005 without a trace. Van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the case, the mother promised $ 250,000 for the location of her daughter to give up.

Van der Sloot did not, however, the appointment and left with a fraction of the amount to Peru, where he later Stephany Flores brought to life. For this murder he's now a prison sentence of 28 years. The Dutchman will appeal against his conviction for the killing of the Peruvian. He also through his lawyer announced the extradition to the U.S. wish to challenge.

The extradition of Van der Sloot to the U.S. must still be formally ratified.

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail ... 120602_072

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Van der Sloot's Extradition to US Must Wait

Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:46pm EDT

Joran van der Sloot's extradition to the United States will not happen until after he serves his sentence for murder in Peru, the country's highest court has ruled. That could be as long as 28 years.

But the decision by Peru's Supreme Court is not final, as Peru's justice minister and Cabinet must also approve it, van der Sloot's lawyer told the Associated Press.

Van der Sloot, convicted of murder in Peru, faces U.S. charges in connection with the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba. "At the end of the day, the decision on whether to extradite Joran is political," his attorney told the AP.

The political process is rooted in the extradition treaty between the United States and Peru. The treaty allows a person who's convicted of a crime in Peru to be extradited to the United States to face prosecution for a separate crime.

If convicted and sentenced in the United States, the person would be sent back to Peru to finish his sentence, then extradited again to the United States to serve time there.

But Peru's Supreme Court apparently wants Joran van der Sloot to first serve out his Peruvian prison sentence before standing trial in the United States on lesser charges related to the Holloway case.

As other Peruvian prisoners are "in the same situation," the Supreme Court felt "[t]here's no reason Joran van der Sloot should be different," van der Sloot's lawyer told the AP.

Van der Sloot is appealing his conviction in Peru; if successful, he could be extradited immediately thereafter, the AP reports. Otherwise, van der Sloot could be released for good behavior after serving about a third of his sentence, according to Reuters.

Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch national raised in Aruba, was the sole suspect -- but was never charged -- in Natalee Holloway's disappearance in 2005. U.S. prosecutors have charged van der Sloot with fraud and extortion, for allegedly accepting $25,000 from Holloway's mother to reveal the location of Holloway's body. He never followed through.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUS2 ... 5?irpc=932

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Van der Sloot extradition to US over missing Ala. teenager delayed

LIMA -- Peru's top court has ruled Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot can be extradited to the United States in connection with the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway - but only after serving a 28-year Peruvian prison sentence for murder.

According to documents seen by Reuters, Peru's Supreme Court decided last week that Van der Sloot's extradition must wait until he serves out his sentence for the 2010 killing of a young Peruvian business student in Lima. The sentence handed down in January is under appeal.

Van der Sloot, 24, is wanted in the United States for extortion in connection with the unsolved Holloway case in which he was a prime suspect.

Van der Sloot's lawyer Maximo Altez defended the extradition delay, saying it would be impossible for his client to get a fair trial in the U.S., Peru's El Comercio reported (Link in Spanish).

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Joran van der Sloot will not have a fair trial in the United States because he has been satanized by the press, he is looked at like a demon," he told the newspaper.

However, van der Sloot could spend less than a decade behind bars in Peru because the country often frees prisoners for good behavior after serving a third of their terms. His lawyers want his sentence cut anyway.

US asks Peru to extradite van der Sloot

"We were surprised by how quickly the extradition request was heard," Altez told Reuters. "We think there is a lot of pressure from the U.S. government."

The U.S. embassy in Lima didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. It initiated a process to extradite Van der Sloot to face charges of extortion on January 30.

Prosecutors say van der Sloot, who was arrested but never charged over Holloway's disappearance, tried to get thousands of dollars in cash from her family in exchange for information on the whereabouts of her body.

Judge agrees Natalee Holloway is dead

Holloway was last seen during a graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba.

Van der Sloot's lawyers have argued that post-traumatic stress from the Holloway inquiries led Van der Sloot to kill 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel room after he saw her looking at his laptop, which contained e-mails about the Aruba case. They had met playing poker in a Lima casino.

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"Van der Sloot is seen as a demon in the U.S.," said his lawyer



Maximum Highness, the defending murderer of Stephany Flores, said the Dutch should not be extradited now, after the Supreme Court accepted the request of the U.S. justice

Tuesday June 5, 2012 - 7:35 a.m.

The defense attorney for Joran van der Sloot , Maximo Altez, said his client has been demonized and seen as a "demon" in the U.S., so it should not be extradited to that country now. This is because it was learned that the Supreme Court approved a request in that sense of justice in Alabama.

"Right now Joran van der Sloot would have a fair trial in America because he has been demonized by the press, has been seen as a demon ... And surely that would put the maximum penalty," he said.

"Case law suggests that (extradition) is when he completes his sentence, because there are several people in the same situation and everyone will be extradited when they finish their sentences and (with) Joran van der Sloot does not have to be different," said Altez.

But if that is the case it is intended to extradite when the process of appeal, his defense will use all legal means to prevent it, he said. Highness said that the judgment of the Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court is the first step. Then you have to go to the Ministry of Justice and, finally, go through the approval of the Council of Ministers, which will have the last word.

"Ultimately, the decision to extradite Joran is political or not," he said. Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled that Van der Sloot be extradited once he has reached a sentence of 28 years imprisonment that was imposed for the murder of a young Peruvian in May 2010 or after the completion of the appeals process that meets their defense.

Van der Sloot was sentenced in January to 28 years in prison by pleading guilty to the murder of Stephany Flores, 21, whom he met playing poker at a casino in Lima.

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Joran Van Der Sloot Must Finish Out Prison Sentence Before US Extradition

First Posted: June 5, 2012 8:34 AM EDT



Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot walks handcuffed to a courtroom at the Piedras Gordas prison in Lima May 8, 2012. The lawyer of Van der Sloot said his client will fight extradition from Peru to the United States, where he is charged with extortion and wire fraud due to the disappearance of U.S. citizen Natalee Holloway in 2005. Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Peruvian court on January 13, 2012, for killing Stephany Flores in Lima in 2010. REUTERS/Jose Huaynate

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