Supreme Court Considers Mandatory Minimum Sentences Under 3-strikes Gun Law

The federal Armed Career Criminal Act imposes a 15-year sentence or more for felons convicted of gun possession.
Supreme Court Considers Mandatory Minimum Sentences Under 3-strikes Gun Law
U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court considered during a hearing whether a judge or a jury gets to decide whether criminal defendants’ prior convictions justify enhanced sentencing under a federal three-strikes gun law.

The court heard oral arguments on March 27 in Erlinger v. United States.