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Death row

Soering vs UK (application no. 14038/88) 7 July 1989

Mr Jens Soering was a German national detained in a prison in England pending extradition to the United States of America (USA) to face charges of murder for the stabbing to death of his girlfriend’s parents. He complained that, notwithstanding the assurances presented to the UK Government, there was a serious likelihood that he would be sentenced to death if extradited to the USA. He maintained that, in particular because of th...

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