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Supreme Court Eases Armed Career Criminal Act Test for ‘Violent Felony’
The high court ruled that a state-law robbery counts towards triggering the mandatory 15-year sentence enhancement under the “three strikes” provision in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).
Read More »Book Tour: ‘American Dialogue: The Founders and Us’ by Joseph J. Ellis
Joseph J. Ellis invites readers to revisit the writings of the Founding Founders to tackle today's issues in his latest book, 'American Dialogue: The Founders and Us.'
Read More »Supreme Court Weighs How to Define Violent Felonies for ACCA
Congress passed the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) in 1984, aiming to bring longer sentences to career criminals committing violent felonies.
Read More »National Book Festival: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of ‘Turning Pages: My Life Story’
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor released two new books, bringing her inspirational life story to children.
Read More »Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence to Hear Appeal on Juror’s Racial Bias
The U.S. Supreme Court issues a stay in the latest case to question a trial's fairness because of a juror's apparent racist beliefs.
Read More »High Court Dumps ‘Provocation’ Theory, Narrowing Police Liability for Use of Force
Justice Alito noted that the Supreme Court’s rulings on excessive force call for looking at the totality of circumstances to determine whether, at the time the force was used, it was reasonable for the police to use it.
Read More »States Must Refund Payments to Those Later Exonerated
State legislatures cannot create obstacles that make it tough for people whose criminal convictions have been overturned to recover fines or restitution damages they have already paid, according to an April 19 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Intellectual Disability Test Methods in Texas Death Penalty Cases
In a 5-3 decision March 28,2017, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the methods that Texas has been using to gauge whether a defendant’s intellectual ability should spare them the death penalty.
Read More »High Court Rebuffs Inmate’s Challenge to Execution Drug
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a Feb. 21 appeal by an Alabama death-row inmate claiming midazolam, a controversial sedative used in the lethal injection process, may produce protracted, unbearable pain.
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