The Region - News from May 31, 1985
Attorneys for accused war criminal Andrija Artukovic filed an appeal in Los Angeles federal court seeking to overturn an extradition order that would return the 85-year-old Seal Beach resident to Yugoslavia to stand trial for mass murder. A petition asking for Artukovic’s release cites 27 reasons for rescinding U.S. Magistrate Volney V. Brown Jr.’s May 1 extradition order. Artukovic’s attorney, Gary Fleischman, argued that the proceedings conducted by Brown were riddled with legal errors.
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