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Joshua Rozenberg Like Assange, Love had been accused by the US of compromising government computer networks. Like Assange, Love was diagnosed as suffering from Asperger’s syndrome. The High Court held that Love’s extradition would be oppressive, given that he had the ‘determination, planning and intelligence’ to take his own life in a US prison. Baraitser reached the same conclusion about Assange. But the Love ruling, delivered in 2018, is important for another reason. It was the first time that a court had refused to grant extradition because of the so-called forum bar. This defence, in its present form, goes back to 2012, when Theresa May was home secretary. She blocked the extradition of Gary McKinnon, another Asperger’s sufferer accused by the US of computer hacking. But, May told parliament, such decisions should be taken by judges rather than ministers. Courts would also be given the power to bar extradition on forum grounds. This, the government explained, was bec

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