Legal Opinion
Sluss v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 18, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2014-0759Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MATTHEW SLUSS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 14-cv-0759 (CRC) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION A citizen of one country who is convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison in another country may be eligible to serve the sentence in his home country. These international prisoner transfers are governed by treaties and their associated implementing statutes. The United States is a signatory to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (“the Convention”), March 21, 1983, 22 I.L.M. 530, a multilateral…
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