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Auto theft not a violent crime, 8th Circuit says (16331)

Reversal makes felon eligible for release A federal appeals court said Monday it would no longer consider auto tampering and most types of auto theft to be crimes of violence. Just one type of auto theft — by coercion — has “an inherent threat of violence” and could be used to enhance a criminal defendant’s sentence under ...

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