Rice to ultimately determine Chapman's extradition

Looks like he beat it. News has it that the mexican govt. Put a stay on the proceedings. And indications are they will drop charges. I saw this on google news.

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DOG'S EXTRADTITION PUT ON HOLD

The extradtion to Mexico of Hawaii bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman has been put on hold
while a Mexican court investigates a claim by Chapman's attorneys that he was properly supervised by someone
he thought was a police officer.

Mexico charged Chapman with depravation of liberty after his June 2003 capture of American fugitve
Andrew Luster, who had been convicted in absentia of rape.

Bounty hunting in Mexico is illegal unless it is conducted under supervision of a Mexican law enforcement official, according to Chapman attorneys William Bollard and Brook Hart.

Chapman, his son Leland and his partner Tim Chapman were arrested last month. They face four months to six years in a Mexico prison.

from www.starbulletin.com

'Dog' Chapman

By Ken Kobayashi
Advertiser Staff Writer

Attorneys for Duane "Dog" Chapman announced today that they've made progress in trying to resolve the bounty hunter's pending criminal charge in Mexico.
William Bollard of Irvine, Calif., said a Mexican court has issued an order halting criminal proceedings on Chapman's deprivation of liberty charge related to Chapman catching convicted rapist and fugitive Andrew Lester in Mexico three years ago.

He said he is seeking dismissal of the charge, which would result in the Mexican government withdrawing its request to have Chapman extradited to Mexico.

At a news conference, Chapman thanked his supporters and said he hopes the matter can be resolved so he can return to Mexico to "chase down fugitives."

"These guys know where we can't find them," Chapman said.

Chapman's extradition case won't be heard in federal courts here until next year.

Reach Ken Kobayashi at kkobayashi@honoluluadvertiser.com.

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They say Lady Justice is blind. . . but here, in this instance, I think she has just simply turned her head.
And IF he did indeed make that statement;
'hopes it can be resolved so that he can get back to chasing criminals in Mexico'
I think that she had better take another look . . . where are we going to?

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You know if he does succeed in getting the charges dismissed in Mexico it will open the door for wholesale "bounty hunting" there and his case can be cited if Mexico tries to have any one else extradited from the U.S. for doing the same.

So in a sense some good might come out of all of it.

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Whew! I thought that you were going to advise me that I was getting too political

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Don if he does get out of this I am sure that the Mexican't Government next time will not allow a U.S. citizen out of jail on bond. You will stay incarcerated until you see your court date and sentencing at least that is what I think will happen instead of using it as a precedent on extradition.

that is very possible... alot is going to be dependant on the wording of any dismissal.

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Mexican Court Throws 'Dog' Chapman a Bone
FRIDAY OCTOBER 20, 2006 06:10PM EST

By B.J. Reyes and Ken Lee



Lawyers for Duane "Dog" Chapman announced in a Honolulu press conference on Friday that a Mexican court will delay prosecution of the bounty hunter until more evidence in the case can be presented.

Chapman, 53, his son Leland, 29, and his associate, Timothy Chapman (no relation), 41, were arrested by U.S. marshals in Hawaii in September for charges stemming from their 2003 apprehension of Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster in Mexico, where bounty hunting is illegal.

Chapman said Friday that he's eager to clear his name in Mexico and return to that country to nab more fugitives: "These guys know where to run, they know where the Dog can't find them," he said.

Asked by reporters if chasing down Luster was worth it, Chapman replied, "Absolutely, life is but a trial, you just have to get through it and get stronger." He reiterated that his team believed they were operating within Mexican law at the time.

When they were arrested in September, Chapman and his co-stars spent the night in federal lock-up before posting $300,000 bond at a bail hearing the next day. "I was put in a cell – if you can imagine what Hannibal Lecter went through, minus the collar," Chapman said at the time.

The men were originally arrested in Mexico for not turning Luster – a fugitive convicted of raping three women – over to Mexican police and then jumped bail. Luster is currently serving a 124-year prison term in the U.S.

The televised arrest of Luster helped catapult Chapman to fame with his A&E TV show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, now in its third season.

Chapman, his son and his associate have been ordered to appear at an extradition hearing in Hawaii, but is now pending a ruling from the Mexican court. A date also has not been set for the hearing abroad, but Chapman's lawyers expect it will happen before the year's end.

Meanwhile, Chapman and his co-stars announced Friday that their ankle bracelets were removed last week and that they continue to film episodes of Bounty Hunter.

Lady Justice is blind, she apparently does not speak spanish however......