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Supreme Court Clarifies That a "Crime of Violence" May Be Committed by "Omission" Topic of Legal Sidebar White Paper From CRS
April 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11293) on April 25, 2025, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu:

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Supreme Court Clarifies That a "Crime of Violence" May Be Committed by "Omission"

Federal law, at 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(c), triggers a mandatory minimum penalty of five years of imprisonment for using or carrying a firearm in the commission of a "crime o . . .

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