Death Threats, Even In Writing, Can Be Grounds For Asylum, Appeals Court Says
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Death Threats, Even In Writing, Can Be Grounds For Asylum, Appeals Court Says

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Death Threats, Even In Writing, Can Be Grounds For Asylum, Appeals Court Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Daniel Munoz/AFP via Getty Images Daniel Munoz/AFP via Getty Images The first death threat came in the form of a note slipped under the front door. Sponsor Message On Wednesday, a federal appeals court overturned that decision, saying that the BIA did not follow the law when it denied Bedoya's asylum application. The decision "is a good example in a line of recent opinions from the Fourth Circuit and other circuits slapping down the BIA for ignoring or openly disagreeing with controlling circuit precedent," said Bradley Banias, who argued the case on behalf of Bedoya. Sponsor Message "Written home-delivered death threats and text messages can easily be more menacing than verbal threats, in that they show that the writer and sender knows where his target lives and the relevant personal cellphone number," Judge King wrote.

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