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Obstruction of justice is an umbrella term covering a variety of specific crimes. [1] Black's Law Dictionary defines it as any "interference with the orderly administration of law and justice". [2] Obstruction has been categorized by various sources as a process crime, [3] a public-order crime, [4] [5] or a white-collar crime. [6]
Michael Hanley O'Keefe Sr. (December 1, 1931 – January 31, 2021) was an American lawyer who served in the Louisiana State Senate for Orleans Parish from 1960 to 1983. [1] He was later convicted of various crimes, and spent several years in prison.
President of the Louisiana State Senate Michael Hanley O'Keefe, Sr. (D) jailed for mail fraud. (1983) [20] In February 1983, he was convicted of mail fraud and two counts of obstruction of justice. [21] State Agriculture Commissioner Gil Dozier (D) was convicted of extortion and racketeering and jury tampering. (1982) [22]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Multiple people are likely to face potential charges such as hazing, negligent homicide, manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the case of a 20-year-old Southern University student who died following an alleged off-campus fraternity ritual, according to a Louisiana district attorney.
"You did not merely burn a corpse, you, a law enforcement officer, burned a corpse to obstruct justice." [8] In 2015, McRae was granted a resentencing hearing after his obstruction of justice conviction was overturned entirely. [9] In 2016, Africk reduced McRae's sentence to 11 years and nine months, which was within the federal guidelines.
Police Lieutenant Dwayne Scheuermann was charged with assaulting civilians who came to Glover's aid, and obstructing the federal investigation into the burning of Glover's body. Police Lieutenant Travis McCabe was charged with obstructing justice and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was also charged with lying to a federal ...
Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime in the country, is on the cusp of overhauling parts of its criminal justice system as the state's GOP ...
Multiple Republican congressmembers raised the possibility that the mayors could face criminal charges such as obstruction of justice for violating federal law. ... Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana ...