Arizona prosecutor: No extradition of suspect in New York hotel murder

PHOENIX, Arizona: This week, Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell said she would not extradite a man wanted for the murder of a woman in a hotel room to New York because she did not trust her Manhattan counterpart to keep him in custody.

During a press conference, Maricopa County Attorney Mitchell, a Republican, said she had told her staff to not cooperate with any request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Brag