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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I've dealt with a couple of federal (its pretty much always federal) inmates doing their offshore time in BC, they all seemed to have some consular help to allow it, they were from European countries though none from the states
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Help with finding lawyers, providing some information, and facilitating communication with the Canadian government are all normal, but intervention to arrange extradition is definitely the exception even though extradition treaties exist in lots of countries. The rule is to respect the host country's sovereignty in their legal system.
Grimer's case is obviously one of the exceptions to the rule, on both the US and Russian sides, because of her public profile. If it happened to you or me, it wouldn't be the same.