Asian Americans and U.S. Law Casebook

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Murder of Yao Pan Ma (2021)

Elizabeth Tanaka

Yao Pan Ma, a 61-year-old man, was assaulted in New York City in April 2021, in a brutal unprovoked attack  He died from his injuries on December 31, 2021.

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