CRJU375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Extortion, Mail And Wire Fraud
29 Jul 2017
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This was an amount greater than that used with certain serious crimes. In objecting to the petitioners" motions to reduce bail under the eighth amendment, the government only showed evidence that other people convicted on similar charges had forfeited bail. When the petitioners" motions were denied, they filed for habeas corpus and were denied by the ninth circuit. Racketeering, influence and corrupt organizations act (rico), along with mail and wire fraud, extortion and various criminal gambling violations. Reform act of 1984, asked that he be detained until trial. At the trial level, this request was granted; however, the second circuit court of appeals found that the authorization of pretrial detention on the ground of possible future dangerousness to be an unconstitutional deprivation of liberty.
