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Over-Kill: The Ramifications Of Applying New York's Anti-Terrorism Statute Too Broadly, Louis Jim
Over-Kill: The Ramifications Of Applying New York's Anti-Terrorism Statute Too Broadly, Louis Jim
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On October 31, 2007, a jury in Bronx County, New York convicted Edgar Morales, a gang member, of manslaughter in the first degree, attempted murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and conspiracy in the second degree. Those convictions arose out of a shooting that occurred on August 18, 2002. That night, Mr. Morales and a group of his friends "showed up uninvited at a christening party at St. Paul's Lutheran Church" in New York City. Sometime that evening, "several people commandeered the disc jockey's microphone, and before long a fight broke …