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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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Columbus Shooting Sparks Protests Despite Videotape Showing Knife Attack

JonathanTurley

The incident has strikingly similar legal issues to the shooting of Adam Toledo in Chicago. The videotape does appear to satisfy the standard for the use of lethal force under Tennessee v. Garner and other case law. ” That language is derived from Tennessee v. Police told local media that, at 4:32 p.m.,

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The Odor of Mendacity: 2024 Could Turn on Smell of Selective Prosecution from Georgia to New York

JonathanTurley

It is the smell of not just selective prosecution but political bias in our legal system. Channeling Tennessee Williams in his play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Judge Scott McAfee wrote that, after their testimony, there remained “an odor of mendacity.”

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