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'Hacker' Lauri Love says suicide 'is a real risk' if extradited to US

Peter Gothard
Peter Gothard
clock 06 September 2016 •
'Hacker' Lauri Love says suicide 'is a real risk' if extradited to US

"The threat of what might happen to me is always in the background" says Asperger's sufferer

Online activist and alleged hacker Lauri Love has warned that he may take his own life if he's extradited to the US to face a potential jail sentence of 99 years. Love is wanted by the US government,...

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