Commissioning murder is “not categorically a crime of violence,” even in cases where the killer fulfills the contract, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week, invalidating two felony convictions that stemmed from an oil well dispute in North Dakota.
Commissioning murder is "not categorically a crime of violence," even in cases where the killer fulfills the contract, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week, invalidating two felony convictions that stemmed from an oil well dispute in North Dakota.