Arizona Prosecutor Refuses to Extradite Murder Suspect to New York
Published on February 22, 2024
A county attorney in Arizona won’t be extraditing a murder suspect back to New York because of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s handling of violent offenders, she told local media in a press conference on Wednesday. “I know there’s been discussion about New York wanting to extradite this individual,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a Republican, said. “This is not aimed at the New York Police Department at all. I know they did a hard job and they did a good job, but we will not be agreeing to extradition.” She instructed her staff not to participate in facilitating the extradition of 26-year-old Raad Noan Almansoori and said the state would keep the suspect in Arizona, where he will be held without bond....