United States – Violent crime rates in our country tripled from 1964 to 1980. Robbery tripled, murder doubled, and aggravated assault nearly tripled. This was an alarming time for communities across our nation.

To fight back, Congress passed the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) in 1984, giving federal Prosecutors a powerful new tool to deal with the growing rate of violent crime. The ACCA gave prosecutors the ability to take the most violent criminals off the streets by requiring courts to impose a minimum 15-year sentence for felons who were caught with a firearm and had a criminal history of three or more violent felonies.

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