Obstruction of Justice Event
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An Obstruction of Justice Event is a legally judgeable event that involves interference with a criminal investigation.
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice Retrieved:2018-8-5.
- Obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, is the crime of obstructing prosecutors or other (usually government) officials. Common law jurisdictions other than the United States tend to use the wider offense of perverting the course of justice.
Obstruction also applies to overt coercion of court or government officials via the means of threats or actual physical harm, and also applying to deliberate sedition against a court official to undermine the appearance of legitimate authority.
- Obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, is the crime of obstructing prosecutors or other (usually government) officials. Common law jurisdictions other than the United States tend to use the wider offense of perverting the course of justice.