STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Sweden's Supreme Court says it will not extradite a 45-year-old woman convicted in absentia of killing two men in Albania.
The woman, if extradited, might not be afforded adequate protection by Albanian authorities, the Swedish high court ruled.
The woman, whose name was not released, was convicted in Albania in absentia in 2002 and sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing two men to avenge a relative's death, The Local reported Monday.
The woman, who claims she is innocent, has remained in custody in western Sweden since her arrest by Swedish police on a international warrant last April, the Local said.
The woman has said she would be "tortured, humiliated and finally murdered" if sent back to Albania.
