Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Civil Rights Lawyer Indicted on Rare Common-Law Embracery Charge (Law.com)

A prominent civil rights lawyer has been charged with attempting to improperly influence a grand jury, according to indictments unsealed Monday. Deborah C. Wyatt was charged with five misdemeanor counts of embracery, a common-law charge rarely used in Virginia. According to court documents, Wyatt contacted several members of a grand jury considering the case of a client and offered herself as a ...

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