McNabb in the News (8-18-06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb was quoted by ABC News in a story about John Mark Karr.

2. If it turns out Karr has fabricated his connection to the case, will there be any legal recourse against him?

Douglas McNabb of McNabb Associates, a federal criminal defense firm in Washington, D.C., says Karr would ostensibly go free and then be taken to the jurisdiction in California where he would face outstanding charges against him relating to child pornography.
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5. How is someone extradited? Will Karr be extradited?

McNabb says Karr will be deported, not extradited, because Thai authorities revoked his visa.

He explains extradition as a nation trying to get a crime suspect removed from a foreign country.

The holding country, in this case Thailand, requires the extraditing country, the United States, to put forth the case for extradition by outlining the charges against the defendant. If the holding country deems the charges sufficient, then the defendant is extradited.

"In the overwhelming majority of countries, if someone is to be removed from the country based on legal proceedings … extradition … occurs … [but] there is a shortcut. …Thailand is going to follow the shortcut … and just deport him," McNabb says.^[1]

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[1] Bede Moore et al., JonBenet Burning Questions, ABC News, Aug. 18, 2006.