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U.S. v. Conyers, No. 15-CR-537 (VEC) (S.D.N.Y.) (227 F.Supp.3d 280) (December 29, 2016) (Judge Valerie Caproni)

Loaded on Aug. 14, 2017 published in Punch and Jurists August 14, 2017
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In this decision, Judge Caproni held that the Federal statute prohibiting violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity (18 U.S.C. ยง 1959(a)(1)) was invalid, under the Eighth Amendment, as applied to juveniles to the extent it provided for a mandatory minimum sentence of life imprisonment. In reaching that conclusion, the ...

 

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