I think what would normally happen is that Joran vds would serve his sentence in Peru and then be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on extortion charges, going into a U.S. prison if convicted.
If I understand Cole Thompson's post correctly, Beth Holloway's attorney, John Q. Kelly, has an idea to extradite vds within the next few months; have him tried here; then shipped back to Peru to serve ALL of his time (U.S. sentence plus Peruvian sentence) in Peru. I think that would be 58 years in the Peruvian prison.
I wonder if there's a statute of limitations on the extortion charges and that's why they need to prosecute Joran vds asap?
Hasn't he already been charged? (edited because I looked it up lol)
http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/201...-van-der-sloot-fraud-charges-may--ar-3040292/
"According to federal court records, Van Der Sloot is accused of trying to solicit $250,000 from Natalee Holloway's mother in exchange for telling her the location of Natalee's remains.
International criminal defense attorney Scott James Meyer says extraditing Van Der Sloot isn't as easy as you may think.
"Extradition is governed by treaties, treaties between countries. Peru and the United States do have a treaty, a very old one on the subject... certain crimes for which extradition is appropriate. Modern crimes like wire fraud and extortion ... not necessarily on the list."
Meyer says, for now, serving time for the murder of Stephany Flores takes precedent.
However, Meyer says there is one thing that could possibly trump Van Der Sloot's murder conviction and speed up the extradition process and that's only if he faced the same charge here in Alabama."