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    Iouri Gherman Mikhel - Federal Death Row


    Iouri Gherman Mikhel


    Summary of Offense:

    In Los Angeles, a federal jury recommended the death penalty on February 13, 2007 for two men, Iouri Mikhel and Jurijus Kadamovas, convicted of murders in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme targeting Russian immigrants. Prosecutors said the two men kidnapped affluent Russian immigrants from Los Angeles in late 2001 and early 2002 and attempted to extort money from their families and friends. Three co-conspirators pleaded guilty and testified at the trial for the government. The judge formally sentenced Mikhel to death on March 13, 2007.

    Victims: Meyer Muscatel, Rita Peckler, Alexander Umansky, George Safiev and Nick Kharabadze

    For more on Kadamovas, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...ghlight=mikhel

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    Mikhel and Kadamovas were sentenced over seven years ago and the Ninth Circuit still hasn't made a decision on their direct appeal. I haven't been able to find out a thing about their appeal. Does anyone have any information? Have oral arguments been scheduled or have they perhaps already taken place?

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    If the trial was a long one then i guess it could take time going through the transcripts possibly?

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    On January 10, 2018, oral argument will finally be heard in Mikhel's direct appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

    https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calenda...8-11&year=2018

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    Mikhel's panel will be made up of Judges Bybee (G.W. Bush), M. Smith (G.W. Bush) and Friedland (Obama).

    https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calenda...8-10&year=2018

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    In today's opinions, the Ninth Circuit affirmed Mikhel's convictions and death sentences on direct appeal.

    http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastor...9/07-99008.pdf

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    On September 7, 2018, the Ninth Circuit DENIED Mikhel's petition for en banc rehearing.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-7835.html

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    In today's orders, the US Supreme Court DENIED Mikhel's certiorari petition.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Case Numbers: (07-99008)
    Decision Date: May 9, 2018
    Rehearing Denied: September 7, 2018

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-7835.html

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    On October 5, 2023, Mikhel filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ca...cv08403/901093

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