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Hiring a hit man is not always ‘a crime of violence,’ 9th Circuit rules
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that hiring a hit man is not always classified as a crime of violence, leading to the vacating of felony convictions from contract killings related to an oil dispute in North Dakota.
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