Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg
A Jesse James Train Robbery and the Three-Strikes Law
23 minutes Posted Mar 12, 2022 at 8:47 pm.
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Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court curbing mandatory-minimum sentences in federal gun cases under the three strikes law, with colorful oral arguments using examples of a train robbery by Jesse James and phone calls by a mob boss.

Andrew Koppelman, a law professor at Northwestern University, discusses a New York judge ruling that a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit can proceed against Fox News over false claims the network aired about Smartmatic Corp's role in the 2020 election.

June Grasso hosts.

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