Legal Opinion
United States v. Gregory v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 20, 1991No. 1391, Docket 90-1682PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Irving R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
The threat of violence prevailing in our society has proven as destructive to its morale as the commission of retaliatory acts themselves. Aware of this, Congress drafted Section 1513 of the United States Code, Title 18, with the express purpose of deterring offenders from retaliating or threatening to retaliate against government witnesses who provide law enforcement officials with information relating to federal offenses. The law both preserves the public interest by safeguarding the administration of justice, and protects individual witnesses anxious to…
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