Oh bull$hit!!! The man committed an armed robbery, murder, prison escape, highjacking an airplane, kidnapping 80 some people and extorting a million bucks. He did seven years for all of that. You call that justice?
And since the hijacking he’s clearly stayed out of trouble, he’s obtained Portuguese citizenship, and he’s not in the USA anymore. Right now regardless of any other consideration he is not our problem.
So what constructive purpose is there in imprisoning an old man for crimes that took place forty and fifty years ago?
Again, I mean no offense, but it is the vindictive nature of our current culture and legal system that is probably causing the Portuguese Supreme Court to reject our extradition request. And then it is the patently bigoted nature of US criminal justice from decades ago that is factoring into questions about the original conviction.
Seriously, if this man is sent back to the USA it will mean a virtual death sentence. Is that what you want?