CHART: Every Do Kwon extradition twist and turn
And just as we thought it was over, Montenegro pulls us back in. Do Kwon’s extradition has been delayed yet again by the country’s Supreme Court, local news outlet Vijesti reports. The court announced yesterday that it had postponed his planned extradition to South Korea and will determine if previous High Court and Appellate Court rulings were legal, as per a request “for the protection of the legality” from the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office. Counting the various reversals, delays, appeals, filings, and approvals that have littered Do Kwon’s extradition journey, there have now been at least 20 back-and-forths since November last year. Over this period the High Court and Appellate Court combined have approved Do’s extradition to the US twice, and South Korea four times. The verdicts have been reversed five times, and Do has submitted five appeals. Of these five appeals, he’s only ever lost one. Protos has put together a chart detailing the many twists an...