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Legal Terms - double criminality
The requirement in *extradition proceedings is that the crime for which extradition is sought must be a crime in both the state making the request and the one the fugitive has fled to in order for the request to be granted. According to Collins v. Loisel 259 US 309 (1922), an offense does not have to share a term or a component in order to be considered criminal.
The requirement in *extradition proceedings is that the crime for which extradition is sought must be a crime in both the state making the request and the one the fugitive has fled to in order for the request to be granted. According to Collins v. Loisel 259 US 309 (1922), an offense does not have to share a term or a component in order to be considered criminal.
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