The US Supreme Court sets aside a murder conviction by unusually interpreting a federal witness-tampering lawThe Supreme Court has asked the lower court to re-examine if the accused Charles Flower can be convicted for murder of a police officer under the federal witness tampering law. Under the statute it is a crime to stop any person who is communicating an information regarding commission or possible commission of a federal offense to any law enforcement officer or federal judge. The court has said that it is uncertain that the police officer would have reported to the officials and that defendant would not have been sure of it.
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