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Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer Minister of Justice and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne told the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry yesterday that she was prompted to take great care with extradition requests, including that for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, after an administrative fumble with a previous request.
Lightbourne also stood her ground as she refuted claims made by Solicitor General Douglas Leys, acting Director of Public Prosecutions Lisa Hamilton Palmer and Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Cole of the Jamaica Defence Force.
"I took a decision to be more painstaking after I was asked to sign an extradition request without being given enough information," Lightbourne declared in response to queries from her attorney Dr Lloyd Barnett.
Lightbourne did not divulge who or which agency involved in the extradition procedure had fouled up.
She said the request was related to one 'Bingham', a clear reference to Presley Bingham, who was arrested July 12, 2009, on a extradition request from the United States.
The end result of that case was that Bingham was released from jail after Lightbourne refused to extradite him after learning that the request was the second sent by the US for the same crimes.
Previously, Bingham had been set free by the Court of Appeal on September 28, 2007, on a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf by his attorneys because he had not been extradited within the time prescribed by law.
Lightbourne also stood her ground as she refuted claims made by Solicitor General Douglas Leys, acting Director of Public Prosecutions Lisa Hamilton Palmer and Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Cole of the Jamaica Defence Force.
"I took a decision to be more painstaking after I was asked to sign an extradition request without being given enough information," Lightbourne declared in response to queries from her attorney Dr Lloyd Barnett.
Lightbourne did not divulge who or which agency involved in the extradition procedure had fouled up.
She said the request was related to one 'Bingham', a clear reference to Presley Bingham, who was arrested July 12, 2009, on a extradition request from the United States.
The end result of that case was that Bingham was released from jail after Lightbourne refused to extradite him after learning that the request was the second sent by the US for the same crimes.
Previously, Bingham had been set free by the Court of Appeal on September 28, 2007, on a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf by his attorneys because he had not been extradited within the time prescribed by law.
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