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Posted by: Paul Burch on Jun 22, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the conviction of a federal prisoner on Thursday who was challenging his 27-year prison sentence for violating federal gun laws. Marcus DeAngelo Jones argued that he should be allowed another chance to get his conviction thrown out following a 2019 Supreme Court decision where the justices ruled prosecutors must prove that people charged with violating federal gun laws knew they were not allowed to have a weapon, the Associated Press reported.