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Time-Bars: Rico-Criminal And Civil Federal And State, G. Robert Blakey
Time-Bars: Rico-Criminal And Civil Federal And State, G. Robert Blakey
Notre Dame Law Review
The article discusses the role of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in criminal proceedings. The Act considers several provisions including illegal services of drugs and gambling, corruption in labor or management relations, and commercial fraud such as bankruptcy and securities fraud. The Act applies criminal and civil sanctions including fines and imprisonment, forfeiture, and treble damage relief for persons who injured in business due to violation of law.
Criminal Forfeiture Procedure In 2013: An Annual Survey Of Developments In The Case Law, Stefan D. Cassella
Criminal Forfeiture Procedure In 2013: An Annual Survey Of Developments In The Case Law, Stefan D. Cassella
Stefan D Cassella
This is another in a series of articles on developments in the federal case law relating to criminal forfeiture procedure. It covers the cases decided in 2012 and early 2013. The article begins with the cases that illustrate the concept that criminal forfeiture is part of the defendant’s sentence in a criminal case. It then takes the reader more or less chronologically through the litigation of a case, beginning with the seizure and restraint of the property and continuing through the trial and sentencing of the defendant and the adjudication of third-party issues in the post-trial ancillary proceeding. Except in …
Civil Asset Recovery: The American Experience, Stefan D. Cassella
Civil Asset Recovery: The American Experience, Stefan D. Cassella
Stefan D Cassella
The article traces the American experience with the civil, or non-conviction-based, forfeiture of the proceeds and instruments of crime, with an eye toward how that experience might inform the drafting of similar legislation in the non-common law countries of the European Union.