主审马杜罗案的联邦法官 Alvin Hellerstein 逝世 享年92岁
New York——美国纽约南区联邦地区法院法官 Alvin Hellerstein 10月28日（周三）逝世，享年92岁。该院发言人证实了死讯，法院称其为自然死亡、临终时有家人陪伴。Hellerstein 在联邦法官席位上任职近三十年，去世时仍在主审委内瑞拉前总统马杜罗的毒品恐怖主义共谋案。
Hellerstein 1998年由总统比尔·克林顿任命为联邦法官，当时64岁；2011年转入资深法官身份后仍继续承办重大案件。纽约南区首席法官 Laura Taylor Swain 在声明中称他「富有洞察力、尽心尽责」，服务法院超过25年直至去世。他经手的案件包括「9·11」恐怖袭击受害者提起的1.4万多宗民事诉讼，以及军方虐待被拘押者照片公开等争议案件。
与总统特朗普的法律交锋是 Hellerstein 职业生涯最后几年的焦点。他多次拒绝特朗普将纽约州「封口费」刑事案件移送联邦法院的请求：2023年他把案件发回州法院，今年8月28日又裁定审判证据并未侵犯总统豁免权，再次驳回移案。特朗普此前已在该案中被判34项伪造商业记录罪名成立。
马杜罗案方面，Hellerstein 今年1月、也就是年满92岁后数日接下此案，为马杜罗夫妇排定2027年6月开审。他去世后，该案已改派联邦法官 Analisa Torres 主审。马杜罗的律师 Barry Pollack 表示对法官逝世感到悲痛，并向其家人致哀。
关联：跟进：马杜罗夫妇在曼哈顿联邦法院对新增共谋酷刑指控作无罪答辩 审判推迟至2027年6月
Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein, Who Presided Over the Maduro Case, Dies at 92
New York — U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York died on Wednesday, October 28, at age 92, a court spokesperson confirmed. The court said he died of natural causes, surrounded by family. Hellerstein had served on the federal bench for nearly three decades and was still presiding over the narcoterrorism conspiracy case against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro when he died.
President Bill Clinton appointed Hellerstein to the bench in 1998, when he was 64. He took senior status in 2011 but continued to hear major cases. Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain called him "insightful and dedicated" in a statement, noting his service of more than 25 years continued until his death. His docket over the years included more than 14,000 civil lawsuits filed by victims of the September 11 attacks and disputes over the release of military detainee-abuse photographs.
His rulings on President Donald Trump defined the last years of his career. Hellerstein repeatedly rejected Trump's bids to move the New York state "hush money" criminal case into federal court: he sent the case back to state court in 2023, and on August 28 he ruled once more against removal, writing that "the trial evidence does not infringe on presidential immunity." Trump had been convicted in the case on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
In the Maduro case, Hellerstein took the assignment in January, days after turning 92, and set a June 2027 trial date for Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. After his death, the case was reassigned to U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres. Barry Pollack, an attorney for Maduro, said he was saddened by the judge's passing and offered condolences to his family.
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图片来源：图：位于 New York Manhattan 的 Daniel Patrick Moynihan 联邦法院大楼，纽约南区联邦地区法院所在地。照片 CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York, home of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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