Criminal
Feb. 27, 2015
High court rejects fishy prosecution
Thankfully, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a 5-4 decision that a "fish" did not fit the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its prohibition on destroying "tangible objects." By Mark Miller
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in favor of Captain John Yates of the Miss Katie in his eight-year battle with the federal government about some undersized fish he caught. Common sense won; poor draftsmanship by Congress, and some overzealous government prosecutors, lost. That's a good day for liberty, and a story worthy of further explanation.
Captain Yates, a grandfather and commercial fisherman who made his career fis...
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