2nd Circ. Flips Sheldon Silver's Corruption Conviction

By Carmen Germaine · July 13, 2017, 10:41 AM EDT

The Second Circuit on Thursday vacated former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 2015 corruption conviction, agreeing that the jury instructions at his trial were erroneous in light of the...

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