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§ 8.73 (B)

 
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(B)  Crimes of Moral Turpitude.

 

            Child abuse will generally be considered a crime of moral turpitude, as long as the requisite intent is present.[233]

 

Board of Immigration Appeals:

Matter of Sweetser, 22 I. & N. Dec. 709 (BIA 1999) (conviction of criminally negligent child abuse is not a crime of moral turpitude).


[233] See N. Tooby, J. Rollin & J. Foster, Crimes of Moral Turpitude § 9.92 (2005).

 

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