Obstruction of Justice: An Abridged Overview of Related Federal Criminal Laws

Doyle, Charles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Law;    Law and legislation;    Obstruction of justice;   

RP-ID  :  RS22783
RP-ID  :  RS22783_2014Apr17

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report briefly discusses obstruction of justice, which is defined as the frustration of governmental purposes by violence, corruption, destruction of evidence, or deceit. This is an abridged version of CRS Report RL34304, Obstruction of Justice: An Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes That Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities, by Charles Doyle, without the footnotes, quotations, or citations to authority found in the longer report.