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NY known for 'lethal' rejections

New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering. Now comes a case ...

From TOM HAYS, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Osama bin Laden,  Fordham University,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Ethel Rosenberg

NYC `Junior' Gotti jury says it's deadlocked

Jurors deliberating racketeering charges against John "Junior" Gotti have told a New York judge something three other Gotti juries have said before: that they're unable to agree on a verdict. The judge presiding over the trial in Manhattan ...

From TOM HAYS, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

9/11 trial a death penalty test for NYC juries

New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, 2001, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering. Now ...

From TOM HAYS, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Osama bin Laden,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  Fordham University,  U.S. Department of Justice

NYC 'Junior' Gotti jury signals possible deadlock

Jurors at the racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti raised the specter of a fourth mistrial in the case, telling a judge Thursday that they were deadlocked on murder and other charges against the son of the infamous mob boss. "We are unable ...

From TOM HAYS, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Victoria Gotti,  Guardian Angels,  Curtis Sliwa

2 charged with cooking books for Madoff

Two former employees for Bernard Madoff programmed an old IBM computer to generate false records that concealed the crooked financier's massive Ponzi scheme and were given hush money when they threatened to stop lying, federal prosecutors said Friday. ...

From TOM HAYS, San Francisco Chronicle,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  IBM,  Frank DiPascali,  Securities and Exchange Commission

Madoff computer techs arrested

T wo former employees for Bernard Madoff programmed an old IBM computer to generate false records that concealed the crooked financier's massive Ponzi scheme and were given hush money when they threatened to stop lying, federal prosecutors said Friday. ...

From TOM HAYS, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  IBM,  Frank DiPascali,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

Computer programmers accused of aiding Madoff scam

NEW YORK Two former employees for Bernard Madoff programmed an old IBM computer to generate false records that concealed the money manager's massive Ponzi scheme and were given hush money when they threatened to stop lying, federal prosecutors said ...

From TOM HAYS, San Diego Union-Tribune,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  IBM,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Frank DiPascali,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

Pair of computer programmers charged with helping Bernard Madoff conceal massive Ponzi scheme

NEW YORK — Two former employees for Bernard Madoff programmed an old IBM computer to generate false records that concealed the money manager's massive Ponzi scheme and were given hush money when they threatened to stop lying, federal prosecutors said ...

From TOM HAYS, Simple Thoughts,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  IBM,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Frank DiPascali

Bear Stearns execs cleared in hedge fund fraud

Jurors found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin not guilty of conspiracy and other charges in an alleged fraud that cost 300 investors about $1.6 billion and nearly caused the demise of Bear Stearns. The firm barely avoided bankruptcy in a rescue buyout ...

From TOM HAYS, San Francisco Chronicle,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ralph Cioffi,  Matthew Tannin,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

2 ex-Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers acquitted

Two Bear Stearns executives who ran hedge funds that crashed in 2007 amid the subprime mortgage meltdown were acquitted Tuesday of lying to investors about the looming crisis on Wall Street. Jurors found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin not guilty ...

From TOM HAYS, eTaiwan News,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ralph Cioffi,  Matthew Tannin,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  James McGovern

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