[Numbers Guy]

There would have been no chance of a extradition to the United States since in your country he would have been threatened by capital punishment. A absolute no-no which is strictly forbidden throughout Europe. Germany and other European countries do not extradite to countries where the offender could end on a scaffold. This has for sure nothing to do with hostages.

That is current policy. It was not the policy in 1987, when the extradition issue came up.

[Atlantic Bridge]

That is current policy. It was not the policy in 1987, when the extradition issue came up.

It was already the policy in 1987. Capital punishment is illegal by the German institution (Grundgesetz Artikel 102) since 1949. Therefore it is not possible to extradite to countries with capital punishment if the prisioner is affected. This was clearly the case with Hamadi.