Lauri Love would face ‘medieval’ conditions in US prison if extradited over hacking charges
Lauri Love, the 32-year-old engineering student facing charges of hacking into multiple US government and private sector computer systems, would face “medieval conditions” if he was extradited to a US prison, the court of appeal heard today.
Love, who has Asperger’s, depression and drug-resistant eczema, is fighting an extradition order issued by home secretary Amber Rudd last year. District judge Nina Tempia ruled in Westminster Magistrates’ Court that Love should be extradited, despite finding that there is a high risk he would take his own life.
Love is accused of working with others to hack the US Federal Reserve, US Army, US Department of Defense, the Missile Defense Agency, Nasa and the FBI Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory, as part of an online protest against the death of internet pioneer Aaron Swartz.
