Facts

The appellant [A.] was imprisoned in Switzerland on September 19, 2020, as he was wanted for arrest due to various convictions. The German authorities requested his extradition to serve the remaining sentence of 248 days. The Federal Office of Justice subsequently issued a detention order against [A.] . Two requests by [A.] for conditional release at the time of the expiration of two-thirds of his sentence were rejected by the Aargau Canton Correctional Services Office. Upon [A.] 's appeal, the Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau overturned the decision and instructed the Correctional Services Office to conditionally release [A.] at the time of his extradition.

Considerations

The Federal Supreme Court overturns the decision of the lower court. It states that a conditional release cannot be justified by reference to potentially better prospects of enforcement in a foreign criminal justice system following the Swiss criminal enforcement. Since [A.] has…