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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court overturns ex-mayor’s bribery conviction, narrowing scope of public corruption law

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The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law.

The high court sided 6-3 with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company after prosecutors said he steered about $1 million worth of city contracts their way.

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