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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

JURIST

The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). ” Petitioner Charles Borden Jr. ” Petitioner Charles Borden Jr.

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No sentencing enhancements for recklessness convictions under federal Armed Career Criminal Act

SCOTUSBlog

United States , the Supreme Court analyzed the Armed Career Criminal Act ’s force clause or elements clause. Under the ACCA, a person who has three violent felony convictions and is then convicted of possessing a firearm faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years. The case came to the court after Charles Borden Jr.

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“Without any Doubt, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Beyond any Doubt”: Tribe Declares Trump Committed Attempted Murder

JonathanTurley

In past columns, we have discussed how Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe seems intent upon running through the entire criminal code in declaring clear evidence of every federal crime by former President Donald Trump and/or his family. You don’t have to go to law school to know that there’s something seriously criminal about that.

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A Case of Hope Over Experience: The J6 Referral Falls Short of a Credible Criminal Case

JonathanTurley

Experts like Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe have previously declared Trump’s felonies were shown “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” That is a far cry from evidence showing mens rea — “guilty mind.” At 4:17 p.m., In Brandenburg v.