Legal Opinion
United States v. Kantengwa
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 25, 2015No. 12-2259PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Prudence Kantengwa, also known as Prudentienne Kantengwa, is a member of a prominent political family allegedly involved in the Rwandan genocide. She appeals her convictions for perjury and obstruction of justice based on false statements she made in connection with her 2004 application for asylum in the United States and subsequent removal proceedings. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1621(1), 1505. Those false statements concerned (1) her truthfulness on previous immigration documents, in which she had misrepresented her and her late husband’s political affiliations and government…
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