31.   She has been held in an immigration jail since her initial extradition case was dropped in July, but she has refused to return voluntarily to Peru.

32.   Since then, however, the government has broadened its interpretation of the later law and agreed to hear a handful of extradition cases.

33.   The bill also would reduce the number of hearings and appeals in extradition cases to non-EU countries.

34.   The decree permits the governments of Serbia or Montenegro to object to a particular extradition case, although the final authority rests with the federal Justice Ministry.

35.   The extradition case of an Italian businessman facing charges connected to an arms scandal was postponed Monday because the judge was attending a law conference.

36.   The international human rights group Amnesty International said it also made a mockery of the international Convention against Torture that forms the basis of the extradition case.

37.   The extradition case has left Pinochet bitter, she said.

38.   The law gives final authority in extradition cases to the State Department, in effect, giving it the right to override decisions by judges.

39.   The law gives final authority in extradition cases to the U.S. State Department, in effect allowing it to override decisions by judges.

40.   The most frequently cited crime in extradition cases is drug offenses.