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The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.
The incident was dubbed by many local and national newspapers as the "kids for cash scandal". [61] On February 18, 2011, a federal jury found Mark Ciavarella guilty of racketeering because of his involvement in accepting illegal payments from Robert Mericle, the developer of PA Child Care, and Attorney Robert Powell, a co-owner of the facility.
The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, are a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981. Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents , and adults were killed.
Femicide involving the murder of an infant child 50 years imprisonment, MX$379,500 fine Mitre was convicted in Mexico for the murder of his then-girlfriend's 22-month old daughter. [282] Raúl Mondesí: Retired Dominican Republic (San Cristóbal) September 2017 (sentencing) Embezzlement 8 years imprisonment, $1.3 million fine
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr obtained a sweeping indictment in August, using the state's anti-racketeering law to target the protesters and characterizing them as ”militant anarchists."
The statute was created to address the issue of child deaths caused by intentional abuse (first-degree child cruelty) and accidental abuse (second-degree child cruelty) being punished as the same under the state's felony murder rule. It is punished by 10 to 30 years in prison. [2] [5]
A Georgia judge declared a mistrial in the racketeering and gun conspiracy case against Atlanta rapper Young Thug and five co-defendants, bringing an abrupt end to the state's longest-running ...
The Aug. 29 indictment is the latest application of the state’s anti-racketeering law, also known as a RICO law, and comes just weeks after the Fulton County prosecutor used the statute to ...