Pauline Toboulidis | August 22, 2017 | Sentencing
Model Penal Code: Sentencing Reporters have updated the black letter text of the Proposed Final Draft. When any ALI project is approved at an Annual Meeting, Reporters will update the draft and make editorial changes that were directed or agreed to by the Council or...
Pauline Toboulidis | August 16, 2017 | American Indian Law
In Murphy v. Royal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit invalidated the state court murder conviction and death sentence of Patrick Dwayne Murphy, an American Indian, after concluding that Oklahoma courts lacked jurisdiction. Murphy was convicted of the...
Pauline Toboulidis | July 26, 2017 | Sentencing
The below information is from a press release issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Office of Legislative & Public Affairs. The United States Sentencing Commission released a new publication—An Overview of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal...
Pauline Toboulidis | May 22, 2017 | Election Administration
ALI Membership voted to approve the Election Administration Tentative Draft No. 2 at this year’s Annual Meeting on May 22.* Approval of the Draft marks the completion of this Principles project. This Draft includes Part II, Principles for the Resolution of...
Pauline Toboulidis | May 3, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In a decision delivered by Justice Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court of the United States quoted Reporters’ Note 12 to § 455 (Tentative Draft No. 2, 2016) of the U.S. Foreign Relations (Sovereign Immunity) Restatement, as well as two Sections of the Restatement of the...