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Two New York residents arrested for alleged scheme to launder $4.5B in stolen bitcoin

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Field Office’s Cyber Crimes Unit, the FBI’s Chicago Field Office, and HSI-New York. According to Chief Jim Lee of IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), “in a methodical and calculated scheme, the defendants allegedly laundered and disguised their vast fortune.” in stolen bitcoin appeared first on JURIST - News.

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“Eunice Lee an Active Questioner on First Day Hearing 2nd Circuit Arguments; Lee, the first former federal defender ever to serve on the influential appeals court, peppered attorneys in three appeals, foreshadowing a potentially-outsized role in addressing unsettled areas of criminal law”

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“Eunice Lee an Active Questioner on First Day Hearing 2nd Circuit Arguments; Lee, the first former federal defender ever to serve on the influential appeals court, peppered attorneys in three appeals, foreshadowing a potentially-outsized role in addressing unsettled areas of criminal law”: Tom McParland of New York Law Journal has this (..)

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New York Attorneys Accused of Firebombing Police Car Given Generous Plea Deal

JonathanTurley

We previously discussed the cases of attorneys Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, who were accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into an occupied police vehicle in New York. Mattis graduated from New York University School of Law in 2016 and received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.

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International issues in criminal law: Extradition of El Chapo and extraterritoriality in Nigeria

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District Court for the Eastern District of New York violated the extradition treaty between the United States and Mexico. Issue : Whether, as in civil cases, a clear indication of congressional intent is required to rebut the presumption against extraterritorial application of a United States criminal statute.

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Reefer Madness: The New York Law on Legalized Marijuana is a Triumph of Politics over Logic

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the New York plan for subsidizing marijuana businesses with a preference for those with prior criminal records — or their family members. Legislators yielded to every political temptation in piling on dubious tax burdens and class-based preferences on this new market.

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Türkiye sparks global criticism as eight nations condemn alleged lawyer harassment

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The scrutiny primarily centered on the Turkish government’s conduct towards legal practitioners specializing in criminal law and human rights.

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Elderly Asian Woman Attacked On New York Street. Security Guard Responds By Closing Door

JonathanTurley

New York City Police are searching for this man who attacked a 65-year-old Asian woman in broad daylight in Midtown on the sidewalk on West 43rd Street near Ninth Avenue. The New York Post reported that the suspect yelled anti-Asian statements while he beat the woman, including, “F—k you, you don’t belong here.”