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Some Experts Say Lawmakers Should Abolish RICO Act

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Just two percent of federal criminal cases ever see the inside of a trial courtroom. And, according to a Pew Research Center-funded study, at least 90 percent of federal defendants enter guilty pleas. The primary reason: The RICO statute. When used, the RICO statute can frighten […]

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