and returned to the accused mother. (23) In October 2017, Lithuanian prosecutor in the case, D. Jakutis, explained to news outlet Lietuvos Rytas that political charges were intentionally removed from the extradition request so that the request would not be rejected by United States authorities. He also noted that if Judge Venckiene is returned to Lithuania, new charges related to the old case could be added. (24) Former political prisoners, current and former government officials in Lithuania, as well as other prominent members of society in Lithuania, have written to the United States Government, warning that the Lithuanian Government’s charges against Judge Venckiene are politically motivated. (25) The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Lithuania Gintaras Kryzevicius has been reported as publicly saying that Judge Venckiene is an abscess in the legal system and an abscess in the political system and the trouble of the whole state . (26) Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Israel, Germany, Austria, Malta, Ukraine, and Russia have all refused to extradite individuals to Lithuania. (27) Judge Venckiene can present evidence concerning the political motivation of Lithuania’s charges against her before an immigration judge if she is excluded from the extradition treaty and allowed to proceed with her political asylum case, filed in 2013 and scheduled to be heard in July 2019. 3. Exclusion from extradition treaty between the United States and the Republic of Lithuania