{Kentucky}...An extradition hearing has been set for November 7th for 52 year old Azra Basic (bah'-sich), a Croatian woman accused of murder and torture for crimes alleged to have taken place after the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Basic is charged with fatally stabbing a prisoner in the neck in 1992 during the conflict, along with other crimes. Basic had been living for several years in Powell County in eastern Kentucky, where she worked at a nursing home and a nearby food factory, before her arrest in March. Basic's attorney, Patrick Nash of Lexington, is seeking to dismiss the case on multiple grounds, including that the United States is misinterpreting a treaty with Bosnia, whether Basic, a naturalized U.S. citizen, may be extradited, and whether the statute of limitations has expired on the alleged crimes. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Wier in Lexington said Monday the issues in the case are "coming into sharp focus" and he should have a ruling on whether the extradition warrant should be dismissed before the hearing date.
