U.S. v. ABREU

No. 18-13965.

976 F.3d 1263 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vanja ABREU, Ph.D., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Raymond Sanders , U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, Fraud Section, Washington, DC, Carol Herman , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney Service-Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Service-SFL, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel Scott Fridman , Fridman Fels & Soto, PLLC, Coral Gables, FL, William Dylan Fay , Stephanie Silk Cunha , White & Case, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant

Before JORDAN, NEWSOM, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


The American criminal justice system, despite its protections for the accused, "has been always haunted by the ghost of the innocent [person] convicted." United States v. Garsson, 291 F. 646, 649 (S.D.N.Y. 1923) (L. Hand, J.). In 1938, to provide a financial remedy for innocent persons who are wrongfully convicted in...

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