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US Supreme Court limits reach of federal computer fraud law The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the type of conduct that can be prosecuted under a federal computer fraud law, overturning a former Georgia police officer s conviction for misusing a government database to investigate whether a purported local stripper was an undercover cop.
FILE PHOTO: People walk past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
03 Jun 2021 10:15PM (Updated:
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-The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the type of conduct that can be prosecuted under a federal computer fraud law, overturning a former Georgia police officer s conviction for misusing a government database to investigate whether a purported local stripper was an undercover
The justices, in a 6-3 decision authored by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, sided with former Cumming, Georgia police sergeant Nathan Van Buren in an appeal of his conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, reversing a lower court ruling that had upheld a jury verdict against him.
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