Quote: A review of the UK's extradition laws will consider whether the current treaty with the US is "unbalanced", Home Secretary Theresa May has said.
Campaigners say the agreement is biased against the UK and is being used for offences it was not intended to cover.
The year-long review will also consider the breadth of the home secretary's discretion to intervene in cases.
It follows a series of high-profile cases, including that of computer hacker Gary McKinnon.
The Home Office says the current extradition arrangements will continue and the review will not impact on any cases currently under consideration.
The review panel, led by a retired Law Lord, is expected to be finished by the end of summer 2011.
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett, who signed the treaty, accused the current Home Secretary Theresa May of kicking the controversy "into the long grass".
Recently, he admitted he might have "given too much away" to the Americans and said sensible discussions with the UK's partners could resolve "any irritants quite speedily". | 
