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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 77141, member: 636"]
Magistrate Judy Latchman shot down a defense move to send constitutional questions about the Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar Mohamed extradition case up to the High Court, and the hearing rolls forward with the US expected to bring evidence against the We Invest in Nationhood guys on 11 counts. Defense lawyers claimed a 2009 tweak to the Fugitive Offenders Act lets the Home Affairs Minister bypass treaty protections that block sending people to third countries, but the magistrate said diplomatic promises from Washington do not count as real treaties even though the Vienna Convention says countries have to keep their word.

Latchman cited older rulings that already settled these arguments and rejected the whole constitutional challenge as premature nonsense. She mentioned her job mirrors what happens during preliminary inquiries, and she plans to stick with that framework when the case picks back up.

The Mohameds got grabbed after warrants dropped based on a ministerial notice, and America wants them shipped over to face Grand Jury charges.
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