High court limits use of repeat offender law

The Supreme Court is making it tougher for federal prosecutors to seek longer prison terms for people convicted of repeated violent crimes. The justices ruled 5-3 Thursday that lower courts are limited in how they can consider prior state crimes for purposes of increasing sentences under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act. The court sided with Richard Mathis, ...

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High court limits use of repeat offender law

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