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R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether extradition to the USA for an offence carrying a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole breached Art 3 ECHR and thus operated as a bar to extradition. | 
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| Court:  | 
House of Lords | 
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| Reference:    | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2008] UKHL 72 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lord Hoffmann, Lord Scott, Baroness Hale, Lord Carswell and Lord Brown | 
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| Date:  | 
10 December 2008 |