U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Extradition Policy in Aftermath of Alvarez-Machain Decision

On June 22, 1992, the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights convened its first in a series of hearings on U.S. policy on extradition and particularly the impact and legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision the prior week in United States v. Alvarez-Machain. The Subcommittee is considering initiating a bill that would restrict kidnapping as an alternative to extradition…[more]