The claim by the head of a global criminal empire that his 25-year sentence was invalid because the judge didn’t state on the record how the videoconference at which it was handed down advanced the ends of justice was rejected by the Second Circuit.
The entire record established a sufficient reason for the need to hold the sentencing via videoconference under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the opinion by Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. said.
Paul Leroux’s operation, which he ran out of the Philippines, committed beatings, shootings, and firebomb attacks. Leroux also participated in at least ...
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FOLLOWING Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary on 1 October 2026, political figures and public officials issued statements assessing the nation’s progress. Among them was the presidential c...