High Court Won't Hold Prosecutors To Bad Jury Instructions

By Brandon Lowrey (January 25, 2016, 11:36 PM EST) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to uphold an ex-shipping executive's criminal conviction for hacking his former employer resolves a circuit split in favor of prosecutors over erroneous criminal jury instructions, letting the government off the hook in rare instances when it fails to object to incorrect instructions, experts said....

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