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Federal Judge Hits BOP Mule with Two-by-Four
Loaded on June 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2000, page 15
Federal Judge Hits BOP Mule With Two-by-Four A ticked-off federal judge in Miami interrupted the fraud and money-laundering trial of jewel dealer Jack Hasson February 2, 2000, for an "extraordinary display of judicial pique and power," the Palm Beach Post reported.
U.S. District Court Judge James Lawrence King ordered arrest …
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