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Reacting to the extradition request on behalf of Harry Dunn’s family, spokesman Radd Seiger said: “Anne Sacoolas will come back. She has to come back. There is no other way forward.<\/p>\n
“So, whether they put up a fight and whether they actually refuse it, we will only know in time and the parents are determined to just take this a step at a time. It’s being handled by the officials now, by the lawyers, and we’re not going to get ahead of ourselves.”<\/p>\n
“No-one, whether diplomat or otherwise, is above the law,” he added.<\/p>\n
He said in the circumstances, considering all the family had been through, the family was pleased with the extradition request and felt it was a “huge step towards achieving justice for Harry”.<\/p>\n
In December, Mr Dunn’s mother Charlotte Charles said the family was “relieved” Mrs Sacoolas had “finally” been charged.<\/p>\n
“We made that promise to him the night we lost him to seek justice thinking it was going to be really easy,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We had no idea it was going to be so hard and it would take so long.”<\/p>\n
Can Anne Sacoolas be extradited?<\/h2>\n
The extradition request is sent via the British Embassy to the US State Department.<\/p>\n
A lawyer will then decide whether it falls under the dual-criminality treaty, where the alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of at least a year.<\/p>\n
The maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years’ imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases.<\/p>\n
The US may reject the request for extradition, arguing that Mrs Sacoolas is still entitled to diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\n
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