Showing posts with label Criminal Charges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Criminal Charges. Show all posts
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Leaders of Purported Church Indicted for Violating Forced Labor Ban

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The Department of Justice announced yesterday that a federal grand jury in Michigan has handed down a 10-count, 21-page, indictment ( full ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Refusing to Allow Minister To Wear Collar At His Criminal Trial Was Not Reversable Error

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 In People v. Johnson ,  (CA App., Feb. 18, 2025), a California state appellate court held that a trial court's refusal to allow a crimi...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Court Rules On Pre-Trial Motions by Defendant Charged with Obstruction by Force of Religious Free Exercise

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In United States v. Jiang ,  (ED VA, Feb. 6, 2025), a Virginia federal district court ruled on several technical and procedural issues raise...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Leader in International Neo-Nazi Group Indicted for Soliciting Hate Crimes and Mass Violence

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced last week the federal indictment of the leader of an internati...

Prison Sentences Imposed in Two Separate Antisemitism Cases

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Yesterday, an Indiana federal district court sentenced 67-year-old Andrezj Boryga to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Indiana Man Indicted for Sending Death Threats to ADL Staff

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The Department of Justice announced last week that a federal grand jury has indicted an Indiana man for making telephone death threats to o...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

Church Autonomy Doctrine Does Not Shield Criminal Conduct

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 In Hochstetler v. State of Indiana ,  (IN App., July 27, 2023), an Indiana state appella t e court held that criminal conduct is not shield...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

New Ohio Law Focuses on Zoom-Bombing and Other Disruptions of Religious Services

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As reported by JTA , the Ohio legislature in its final session earlier this month gave final passage to H.B. 504 ( full text ) amending the ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Some Charges Against Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter Are Dismissed

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United States v. Bowers ,  (WD PA, Dec. 15, 2022), involves the prosecution of the defendant who is charged with killing 11 people in 2018 a...