United States v. Julio Fernandez

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• concluding that a party abandons an argument when the party does not directly state the argument in the brief or provide record citations
• noting “there is nothing in the word’s ordinary usage — a consideration paid or demanded for the redemption of a captured person — that precludes a ransom from consisting of a demand for a sum that the kidnapper believes is owed to him” (internal quotation marks omitted

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