United States v. Alvarez-Machain
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united-states-v-alvarez-machain-279-9118713
title:
United States v. Alvarez-Machain
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United States v. Alvarez-Machain, 504 U.S. 655 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the respondent's forcible abduction from a foreign country, despite the existence of an extradition treaty with said country, does not prohibit him from being tried before a U.S. court for violations of American criminal laws. The ruling reconfirmed the Ker-Frisbie Doctrine, established in Ker v. Illinois (1886) and Frisbie v. Collins (1952), which generally permits the pros
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1992 U.S. Supreme Court case on whether abducted persons can be tried as criminals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Alvarez-Machain
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2023-09-13T03:14:58Z
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