'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Monday, January 4, 2010

Text Fwd: Korea Requests Extradition of US Murder Suspect

Korea Times
01-04-2010 15:49
Korea Requests Extradition of US Murder Suspect
By Kim Sue-young, Staff Reporter

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has delivered an official request to extradite a U.S. murder suspect to the South Korean Embassy in the United States, a ministry official said Monday.

A local university student was stabbed to death in downtown Seoul, 12 years ago, and two Americans, Edward Lee and Arthur Patterson, were listed as prime suspects.

The move to extradite Patterson, who was indicted for carrying a weapon near the crime scene, came after a request from the Ministry of Justice here.

The 31-year-old Patterson, a son of a U.S. soldier, was sentenced to a prison term as he carried a weapon, but was not indicted for murder. He was released on a special pardon in August 1998.

The victim's surviving families sued the American, accusing him of committing the crime, three months later, but he left the country due to the prosecution's failure to extend travel restrictions on him.

Patterson claimed that "(Lee) is definitely the killer and I saw it" in a recent interview while Lee insisted in a separate interview that it was Patterson who killed the random stranger.

However, it is likely to take time, probably up to one year, to extradite Patterson due to procedural matters, according to ministry officials.

First of all, the embassy has to send the request to the Department of State, which will take about one week.

The Department of Justice then has to receive the documents for the extradition request and deliver them again to federal prosecutors in the region where the suspect lives. Only then, will they be allowed to arrest him.

But his arrest does not necessarily mean immediate extradition.
The justice department has to review his case to decide on extradition, which usually takes up to one year.

The killing, which remains unsolved, has come into the spotlight again after a local film depicted the grizzly story.

ksy@koreatimes.co.kr


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