Adam Ford, one of Mr. Chang’s lawyers, said he would seek to have the case dismissed because Mr. Chang’s right to a speedy trial was violated. Mr. Ford said in a letter sent in June to the Brooklyn judge overseeing the case that his client had been incarcerated in “appalling conditions” in solitary confinement in South Africa.
“These competing requests to extradite Mr. Chang trapped him in a Kafkaesque labyrinth of never-ending administrative and court proceedings that continue to this day,” Mr. Ford wrote.
July 12, 2023