Supreme Court Overturns Fisherman's Conviction for Tossing Undersize Grouper
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [New York Times] By Adam Liptakfeb - February 26, 2015 -
WASHINGTON — A narrowly divided Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a Florida fisherman, throwing out his conviction for tossing evidence — undersize grouper — back into the Gulf of Mexico under a federal law aimed mostly at white-collar crime.
The fisherman, John L. Yates, was convicted of violating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which imposes a maximum sentence of 20 years for the destruction of “any record, document or tangible object” in order to obstruct an investigation...
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