Death Penalty By Extradition

In a crime/legal drama set in a location without the death penalty, almost always Big Applesauce, the drama of the death penalty is reintroduced by introducing the possibility that the defendant has committed a capital crime outside of New York State or that the defendant has committed a federal crime (which is still subject to the death penalty). If the protagonists are the defense it raises the stakes for failure, forcing them to find a way to quash the possibility. If the protagonists are the prosecution however, the responses are more varied: Some may see it as Justice by Other Legal Means and gladly help (if not initiate the idea for a criminal they find deserving), but others may consider it Jurisdiction Friction and fight to keep "their" case.

Live-Action Television

 * Appears several times in Law & Order. The way the prosecutor reacts is a good indicator of their style. Special mention to the episode Fallout where McCoy hands a Russian gang member who kidnapped a girl for prostitution over to the Russians (who don't have any form of extradition agreement with the US. McCoy is, technically, having him deported.), knowing they'll do far worse to him than he could even with far more solid evidence than he had.
 * In Season 2 of Marvel's Daredevil Frank Castle committed several murders in New York, but is threatened with the death penalty because he killed some gang members in Delaware. The threat quickly disappears when competent legal assistance brings renders the evidence insufficient to extradite.

Real Life

 * Thomas J. Grasso was executed in Oklahoma for the first of his known murders after his arrest and conviction in New York.