Law for special environments: ice islands and questions raised by the T-3 case
On 10 May 1971, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, found Mario Escamilla not guilty of second-degree murder on the high seas in the death of another American, Bennie Lightsy. The same jury convicted Escamilla of a lesser offence, involuntary manslaughter on the high seas, and he was sentenced t...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400062392 2024-03-03T08:48:21+00:00 Law for special environments: ice islands and questions raised by the T-3 case Wilkes, Daniel 1972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400062392 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400062392 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 16, issue 100, page 23-27 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1972 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400062392 2024-02-08T08:38:50Z On 10 May 1971, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, found Mario Escamilla not guilty of second-degree murder on the high seas in the death of another American, Bennie Lightsy. The same jury convicted Escamilla of a lesser offence, involuntary manslaughter on the high seas, and he was sentenced to three years in the custody of the United States Attorney-General, a provision that permits probation after as little as 60 days. In fact, Escamilla has been free on bail pending the hearing of an appeal, brief for which will have been filed by 17 October 1971 to be argued before the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in late 1971 or early 1972. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 16 100 23 27 |
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On 10 May 1971, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, found Mario Escamilla not guilty of second-degree murder on the high seas in the death of another American, Bennie Lightsy. The same jury convicted Escamilla of a lesser offence, involuntary manslaughter on the high seas, and he was sentenced to three years in the custody of the United States Attorney-General, a provision that permits probation after as little as 60 days. In fact, Escamilla has been free on bail pending the hearing of an appeal, brief for which will have been filed by 17 October 1971 to be argued before the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in late 1971 or early 1972. |
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