McNabb in the News (2-10-06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb has been quoted in a Boston Herald article about the extradition process Neil Entwistle would have had to go through had Mr. Entwistle not consented to extradition this morning.

The complexity of the case means the hearing that begins today could go on for days, said extradition law expert Douglas McNabb from the Washington firm McNabb Associates.

And if Britain’s home secretary Charles Clarke rules against Entwistle at the end of the hearing, Entwistle has a right to appeal all the way up to the Law Lords, Britain’s highest court — a process that could take two to three years if he can afford it.

“If he has any chance at winning the extradition case, he has got to have the money to do it,” McNabb said, noting that the defendant would have to pay for all expenses — including court reporters’ fees — on each appeal.^[1]

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[1] Ellen Tumposky et al., Extradition Process Could Take Years, Boston Herald, Feb. 10, 2006.