News: Extradition debate continues over Serbian fugitive

By Robert Hadad-Zlokower • Press & Sun-Bulletin • July 22, 2008 If or when a formal extradition request is made, Serbia may or may not send Miladin Kovacevic to the United States to face charges of beating a fellow Binghamton University student into a coma. According to the office of U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, the government has yet to make the formal request, although diplomatic talks have been under way. Once the Department of Justice petitions the Serbian Ministry of Justice to sign an extradition order, the fate of the former Binghamton University basketball player is up in the air. Kovacevic's alleged crimes are not listed among the crimes covered by an extradition treaty between the United States and Serbia, according to Peter Roudik, senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress. Still, the... [read full story]