Scientist in Iran trade case spared more jail time
trained scientist whose conviction for violating the Iran trade embargo was tossed out last year won't have to serve any more jail time after a judge said Tuesday that he didn't want to compound the punishment the man had already endured./ U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said Mahmoud Reza Banki deserved no prison time for making false statements, since he had already served nearly two years in prison after he was sentenced on more serious charges that were thrown out in October by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan. The ...
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