POLITICS● LOWAug 14 · Aug 14, 2026, 11:37 AM
Indonesian families of Lion Air crash victims suffer again, ‘predatory’ lawyer evades jail
South China Morning Post
For Indonesian families who lost loved ones in the 2018 Lion Air crash that killed 189 people, the latest development in the US courts has deepened their pain that justice remains out of reach. Keith Griffin, a Californian lawyer who worked with disgraced Hollywood celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi in compensation suits related to the crash, was sentenced by a federal court in Chicago last week to one day in prison with credit for time served, meaning he avoided any further time behind...
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