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Government of USA vs Hon Guillermo Purganan & Mark Jimenez [SEPARATE OPINION VITUG]

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, represented by the Philippine Department of Justice, petitioner, vs. Hon. GUILLERMO G. PURGANAN, Morales, and Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 42; and MARK B. JIMENEZ a.k.a. MARIO BATACAN CRESPO, respondents. [SEPARATE OPINION VITUG]

G.R. No. 148571 | 2002-12-17

SEPARATE OPINION 

VITUG, J.: 

I vote to grant the motion for reconsideration and maintain my dissent. 

Extradition is an exceptional measure running against the tradition of asylum 

International Extradition is a process under which a sovereign state surrenders to another sovereign state a person accused in a case or a fugitive offender in the latter state.[1] The practice has its origins as early as the ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Chaldean and Assyro-Babylonian civilizations.[2] The surrender of a person who has been granted the privilege of presence or refuge in the requested state is deemed to be an exceptional measure...