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Terrorism
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Millennium bomber gets 22 years
Main July 27, 2005Millennium bomber gets 22 yearsThanks to this post at TalkLeft, I see that Ahmed Ressam, who plotted to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of…
Media Law Prof Blog
BBC Director Says He Didn’t Censor Language During Network Coverage of July 7th Attacks
The Director-General of the BBC denied accusations that he told journalists not to use the word "terrorist" during BBC coverage of the July 7 attacks on London buses and subways.…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
More On the So-Called Detroit Terrorism Trial
By Ellen Podgor
The so-called Detroit Terrorism trial, which ended with the government admitting that its theory of prosecution was unsupported by the evidence, resulted in an apology by outgoing Deputy Attorney General…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Matthew Hale sentenced
Main April 6, 2005Matthew Hale sentencedHoward Bashman at How Appealing highlights here portions of reports from newspaper articles concerning the eventful sentencing of white supremacist Matthew Hale to 40 years…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Detroit Terror Defendant Sentenced to Six Months for Insurance Fraud
By Ellen Podgor
The prosecution of Ahmed Hannan, one of the four defendants in the so-called Detroit Terror trial that resulted in the government requesting dismissal of the terrorism charges and admitting it…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
NY Attorney Convicted Related to Representation of Radical Egyptian Sheik Client
By Ellen Podgor
New York attorney Lynne Stewart was convicted of conspiracy, giving material aid to terrorists, and defrauding the government for smuggling messages from her client -- Omar Abdel-Rahman, a radical Egyptian…
CrimProf Blog
Breaking Case News: Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court and Holds Law Banning “Material Support” to Terrorist Organization Constitutional
Handing a major victory to the Bush Administration, the Ninth Circuit on Monday in U.S. v. Afshari overturned a lower court decision and held Title 18 U.S. C. 2339B(a)(1) constitutional. …
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Prosecutorial Control of Information
By Ellen Podgor
An interesting working paper by Professor Peter Margulies (Roger Williams), entitled Above Contempt?: The Attorney General, the Courts, and Informational Overreaching in Terrorism Prosecutions, looks at the issue of prosecutorial…
CrimProf Blog
Terrorism Task Force Arrests Thirteen Seattle-area Residents for Conspiracy
On Thursday, November 18, Terrorism Task Force agents in Seattle arrested thirteen men, accusing them of bank and immigration-fraud charges, weapons offenses, and taking part in a scheme to illegally…
CrimProf Blog
Miami Woman Wins $86M Under Federal Anti-terrorism Law for her Father’s Execution
On Thursday, November 18, a Florida judge awarded over $86 million dollars to Janet Weininger for her Father's execution in Cuba following the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. Weininger…