Section 570.44. Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of requisition  


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  • If a criminal prosecution has  been  instituted  against  such  person
      under  the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor, in his
      discretion,  may  either  surrender  him  on  demand  of  the  executive
      authority  of  another  state  or  hold  him until he has been tried and
      discharged or convicted and punished in this state.