Threat To Kill Not Physical Violence, 5th Circ. Says

By Kevin Penton (February 15, 2017, 11:27 AM EST) -- The Fifth Circuit has held that the Western District of Texas erred by enhancing the sentence of a man convicted of illegally re-entering the U.S. because of a previous conviction in Arkansas for making terroristic threats, finding that the prior incident did not qualify as an act of violence under federal statutes....

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