In Re Walter Berlet Mitchell v. the State of Texas

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• noting that “courts have uniformly interpreted the statutory language to require a finding of ‘probable cause’ ”
• observing that \the vast majority of modern-day extradition treaties\ provide political offense exceptions
• observing that “the vast majority of modern-day extradition treaties” provide political offense exceptions
• assuming without deciding that a fugitive’s actions were motivated by subjective political considerations, and concluding that the offenses were not political when viewed objectively
• rejecting political offense defense for military officer charged with indiscriminate killing of noncombatant civilians
• political offense exception did not apply where offenses \occurred during the course of a violent political uprising\ but \were not in furtherance of quelling the uprising\

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