The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N W Washington DC 20500 Dear Mr President We are writing to you with deep concern for the safety of Mr Lauri Love born December 14 1984 who is facing extradition to the United States for his alleged involvement in digital civil disobedience in 2013 If Mr Love has committed a crime he should be prosecuted and justice should be served However following meetings with Mr Love his immediate family and advisors we believe that if he is extradited there is a great probability that he will end his own life This has been confirmed by eminent medical experts Mr Love has a long history of serious mental health issues depression and some episodes of psychosis and significantly has a diagnosis of a form of autism namely Asperger Syndrome Furthermore Mr Love suffers from severe eczema which is anxiety related and antibiotic resistant Mr Love takes regular courses of steroids to keep this under control and as his parents stated in court Mr Love has to take hour long baths every night to manage this chronic dermatological condition Consequently there is significant concern that Mr Love's physical and mental well-being would deteriorate and become unmanageable if he were extradited We have no doubt in mind that there will be potentially fatal consequences if the United States chooses to pursue this extradition and prohibit Mr Love from facing a full prosecution in his home country The UK has prosecuted at least twelve computer hackers who have hacked USbased computer systems Indeed Mr Love would be the first UK-based computer hacker to be extradited and denied the opportunity to face a full prosecution in the UK The UK criminal justice system is equipped to bring justice through sentencing and rehabilitating people who are adjudged to have committed these crimes Many of these twelve cases did not involve individuals who have significant mental health issues nor Asperger Syndrome and were not at a highrisk of suicide yet they were not extradited We would like to ask why then is the United States insistent on Mr Love’s extradition despite the UK having a proven track record of appropriately sentencing and rehabilitating individuals who have committed computer hacking offences against the US The UK District Judge accepted that Mr Love would be at a very high-risk of taking his own life is he were to be extradited In contrast Mr Love has the potential to return to life as a productive member of society and is already peermentoring at a university while completing his degree We would ask you to intervene in this case by withdrawing the extradition order and allow his case to be heard in the criminal justice system in the UK You would be acting to prevent this vulnerable and mentally unwell man from being placed in a situation where he will most probably take his own life Mr Love should face prosecution for any crimes committed in his own country where his suicide-risk is exponentially reduced We urge you to carry out an act of compassion in your final days as President by withdrawing Mr Love’s extradition warrant Yours sincerely Adam Afriyie MP Alan Brown MP Alison Thewliss MP Andrew Rosindell MP Andrew Selous MP Angela Smith MP Angus MacNeil MP Anne McLaughlin MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP Antoinette Sandbach MP Barry Sheerman MP Bernard Jenkin MP Brenden O’Hara MP Caroline Ansell MP Caroline Flint MP Caroline Lucas MP Charlie Elphicke MP Charlotte Leslie MP Christian Matheson MP Clive Betts MP Daniel Zeichner MP David Burrowes MP David Nuttall MP David TC Davies MP Douglas Chapman MP Dr Paul Monaghan MP Dr Sarah Wollaston MP Drew Hendry MP Eleanor Laing MP Flick Drummond MP Gareth Thomas MP Gary Streeter MP Gavin Newlands MP Gavin Shuker MP Geoffrey Robinson MP George Kerevan MP Graham Brady MP Greg Mullholland MP Heidi Allen MP Helen Hayes MP Ian Blackford MP Ian Mearns MP Ian Murray MP Jake Berry MP James Gray MP Jeremy Lefroy MP John McNally MP John Nicolson MP John Woodcock MP Jonathan 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