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| Lauri Love: MPs sign letter asking President Obama to block extradition | Lauri Love: MPs sign letter asking President Obama to block extradition |
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| More than 100 MPs have signed a letter calling on President Barack Obama to block the extradition of a British man suspected of hacking into US computers. | More than 100 MPs have signed a letter calling on President Barack Obama to block the extradition of a British man suspected of hacking into US computers. |
| Lauri Love, 31, who has Asperger's syndrome, is accused of hacking into the FBI, the US central bank and the country's missile defence agency. | Lauri Love, 31, who has Asperger's syndrome, is accused of hacking into the FBI, the US central bank and the country's missile defence agency. |
| The letter, signed by 105 cross-party backbenchers, stresses the "deep concern for the safety" of Mr Love. | The letter, signed by 105 cross-party backbenchers, stresses the "deep concern for the safety" of Mr Love. |
| He has previously said he feared he would die in a US prison if extradited. | He has previously said he feared he would die in a US prison if extradited. |
| For this and other stories, visit the BBC Suffolk Live page | For this and other stories, visit the BBC Suffolk Live page |
| Earlier this month, a judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court ruled that Mr Love, from Stradishall, Suffolk, could be sent to the US to face trial. | Earlier this month, a judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court ruled that Mr Love, from Stradishall, Suffolk, could be sent to the US to face trial. |
| His lawyers say he could be sentenced to up to 99 years in prison if convicted. | His lawyers say he could be sentenced to up to 99 years in prison if convicted. |
| The MPs said Mr Love had "a long history of serious mental health issues, depression and some episodes of psychosis". | The MPs said Mr Love had "a long history of serious mental health issues, depression and some episodes of psychosis". |
| The group said the UK had prosecuted at least 12 people who had hacked US-based computer systems. | The group said the UK had prosecuted at least 12 people who had hacked US-based computer systems. |
| "Indeed, Mr Love would be the first UK-based computer hacker to be extradited and denied the opportunity to face a full prosecution in the UK," they wrote. | "Indeed, Mr Love would be the first UK-based computer hacker to be extradited and denied the opportunity to face a full prosecution in the UK," they wrote. |
| "We would like to ask, why then is the United States insistent on Mr Love's extradition, despite the UK having a proven track record of appropriately sentencing and rehabilitating individuals who have committed computer-hacking offences against the US?" | "We would like to ask, why then is the United States insistent on Mr Love's extradition, despite the UK having a proven track record of appropriately sentencing and rehabilitating individuals who have committed computer-hacking offences against the US?" |
| Mr Love's father, Rev Alexander Love, welcomed the support of the cross-party group. | |
| Rev Love said: "The judge accepted he [Lauri] had mental health issues, but still said there was a public interest to honour the extradition to the US. | |
| "If he has done something wrong surely he should be tried here in this country." | |
| Mr Love was first arrested at his home in Suffolk in 2013 and had computer equipment seized by British police, but the UK investigation into him was dropped. |