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The Supreme Court appeared split on Monday about how to apply sentencing guidelines to defendants in gun cases who've committed drug offenses with since-decriminalized substances, setting up a potentially divided ruling as the nation grapples with rising crime rates in major cities.
A federal law imposes a mandatory 15-year sentence for possessing a gun after committing three serious drug offenses. But which offenses count?
The U.S. Supreme Court pointedly challenged the government Monday on its interpretation of a law that sets up a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence for people convicted of repeated serious drug offenses who are later caught with firearms.
The justices will kick off the December argument session on Nov. 27 with oral argument in a pair of consolidated cases, Brown v. United States and Jackson v. United States, involving the Armed Career Criminal Act. The ACCA extends the minimum sentence – from 10 years to 15 – for an individual who ha
Eugene Jackson was charged in the 2020 shooting death of Tykeem King. He will serve 20 years in prison on a murder count and 12 years on a gun charge