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Failure to Allege Imminent Threat Precludes Justification Defenses in BOP Weapons Prosecution

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court did not error in excluding evidence or argument regarding affirmative defenses of necessity and duress in trials for prisoners' weapon possession.

On May 18, 1999, Terry Walker, a black prisoner at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, (Marion) ...

 

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