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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Illegally Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Under 12

FDA Law Blog

Richardson — On September 24, 2021, the owner of a pharmacy in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to participating in a felony conspiracy to convert government property and to commit health care fraud in connection with the illegal vaccination of minors between the ages of 7 to 11 with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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Reschedule Watch: Birthright citizenship and torts to members of the armed forces

SCOTUSBlog

People born in the other territories — Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Issue : Whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. citizenship. In a 10-page concurrence earlier this year in United States v.

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Houston Man Arrested As Police Continue Search For Missing Tiger

JonathanTurley

If convicted of a felony, the maximum penalty is $20,000 and/or up to five years imprisonment. This was the issue in Woods-Leber v Hyatt Hotels of Puerto Rico (1997), Hyatt was found not to be strictly liable for an attack on its grounds by a rabid mongoose on a guest. However, the penalties are notably higher.

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