How Mail spearheaded
IT is more than three years since the Daily Mail took up Gary McKinnon’s cause when he faced imminent extradition to the US and up to 60 years in jail. The joy and relief were palpable yesterday as his mother Janis Sharp paid tribute to the Mail for its support. Here is how we chronicled Gary’s battle …
JULY 3, 2009
Mail urges Labour government to let him be dealt with in the country where his crimes were committed
JULY 6, 2009
Lord Carlile, government adviser on terror laws, says sending him for trial in US would be ‘unconscionable’
JULY 16, 2009
Dozens of Labour MPs who previously pledged support refuse to back him in Commons vote
AUGUST 1, 2009
Home Secretary Alan Johnson urged to act after judges rule they can’t stop extradition but warn Mr McKinnon might kill himself
NOV 13, 2009
Commons committee says Mr Johnson can and must halt extradition
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Home Secretary rejects Mr McKinnon’s appeal despite medical evidence that he will kill himself
JAN 14, 2010
Judge rules Mr Johnson may have acted unlawfully and orders full judicial review
SEP 7, 2010
Home Secretary theresa May orders review of the hated 2003 Extradition Act
MAY 26, 2011
Obama declines to support a trial in Britain
DEC 2, 2011
MPs urged to defy American ‘strong-arm’ tactics and demand overhaul of Extradition Act
DEC 6, 2011
Motion calling for ‘urgent reform’ of the extradition treaty is passed unopposed in the Commons
MAR 30, 2012
Home Affairs Committee backs Mail campaign, saying treaty is ‘unbalanced’ and government must renegotiate the Act
JULY9, 2009
Nick Clegg pens a firstperson piece accusing Labour of cynically leaving Mr McKinnon to his fate
OCT 10, 2009
High Court denies him leave to appeal to Britain’s new Supreme Court
JULY 21, 2010
President promises to find ‘appropriate solution’ after David Cameron raises case
DEC 5, 2011
Janis Sharp begs MPs to vote to change the unfair extradition laws
OCT 16, 2012
the Mail breaks the news that theresa May will announce a major shakeup of the Extradition Act