Clark told the jurors she had been a defense attorney, but became a prosecutor in part because it allowed her to refuse to prosecute bad cases.

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But officials refuse to provide any details of the cases or the charges.

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This might include inserting a proportionality test for EAWs to weed out trivial cases and giving judges more discretion to refuse extradition when grave human-rights concerns arise, as urged by Fair Trials International, which campaigns for extradition reform.

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"This agreement will help us quickly refuse those with poor immigration records, identify asylum shoppers and speed up the removal process in those cases where people have entered the common travel area, " said Mr Green.

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However, in some cases the toxicity may be so deeply embedded that the only way to deal effectively is to simply refuse to engage.

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