Kefauver Investigation and Knapp Commission

• Kefauver Investigation and Knapp Commission

The pervasive reach of ORGANIZED CRIME in the United States has mad...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Jap–Ma

• Reflections on Reves v. Ernst & Young: its meaning and impact on substantive, accessory, aiding abetting and conspiracy liability under RICO.

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act - 25th Anniversary Issue The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was intended to attack both organized crime and white collar crime, and the statute should be used against professionals to prosecute them for crimes that cost the economy billions of dollars. Some courts have mistakenly interpreted the US Supreme Court's Reves v. Ernst & Young decision as a safe harbor for professionals not involved in operation or management of a defrauding enterprise. Accomplice liability and conspiracy laws are unchanged by Reves, which only address principal liability, and courts should not be swayed by immunity arguments that cloak professional misdeeds.

... his position in the enterprise through commission of the predicate violations."(107) The Second Circ... tampering, in relation to the investigation of the bribes.(836) . On appeal, the Maloney argue... 1950 Conference on Organized Crime, the Kefauver Committee investigated organized crime and noted i...4-16, 15 (1983) (testimony of James Knapp, Dep. Ass't Atty Gen.)(suggesting that judicial re...

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 33 Nbr. 5, January 1996

• Bearing false witness: perjured affidavits and the Fourth Amendment.

... fact, many of the same empirical investigations upon which scholars base their conclusion that pol.../ index.htm; NEW YORK (N.Y.), CITY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, BREAKING THE US VS. THEM BARRIER:... THE CITY'S ANTI-CORRUPTION PROCEDURES, THE KNAPP COMMISSION REPORT ON POLICE CORRUPTION (1972); UNI... A FREE SOCIETY: A REPORT (1967); ESTES KEFAUVER, CRIME IN AMERICA (1968); U.S. WICKERSHAM COMMISSI...

• Suffolk University Law Review
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 3, June 2008