Extortion spurs violence in Northern Triangle countries, which consistently have some of the highest murder rates in Latin America. But it is destructive in other insidious ways as well. Extortion ...

"It is said that the law is always at least several years behind the technology. With respect to the application of a criminal statute the doctrine of lenity, among other established rules, acts as ...

Extortion Case Tests Definition of Property The Obama Administration faced a skeptical U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as it argued that the attempted extortion of a lawyer's advice is a crime under a ...