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American Law Institute Resolves Death Penalty System Is "Intractably" Flawed

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

On October 23, 2009, the American Law Institute (ALI) Council voted overwhelmingly, with only a few abstentions, to accept the resolution of the capital punishment matter as approved by the Institute?s membership at the 2009 Annual Meeting in May. The resolution adopted at the Annual Meeting and now accepted by the Council reads as follows: ?For reasons stated in Part V of the Council?s report to the membership, the Institute withdraws Section 210.6 of the Model Penal Code in light of the current intractable institutional and structural obstacles to ensuring a minimally adequate system for administering capital punishment.?The ALI is a highly distinguished and very influential legal institute, that over the years, has composed model statutes and ?restatements of the law? in a wide variety of legal fields...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on November 10, 2009 (boomark / email).