Back in 2001, I went to Iceland with an FBI agent from Philadelphia to pick up a felon that was being extradited back to Pennsylvania. We were only there overnight. I never left the city, so I didn’t get to see much. Our felon was a murder suspect that was charged with killing a mother and taking the 5-year old little girl. He was cuffed to me until we got to New York and then he was cuffed to the agent to go to Philadelphia. He was later convicted of the murder charge and sentenced to life w/o parole, plus another 15 years for the kidnapping.
This was a big deal because Iceland denied the extradition. The U.S. Attorney’s Office had to sign an agreement not to execute the prisoner. The reason it took over 2 years was because they were convinced that the government in Iceland could be persuaded to agree to let the laws of the U.S. stand, but no dice. So after waiting for 2 years with no results, the U.S. Attorney gave in and signed the agreement.