Summary
In Bond, the Supreme Court invoked the rule of constitutional avoidance in deciding that the United States could not prosecute a defendant - who merely caused a mild burn on the victim's thumb with a chemical irritant - for knowingly using dangerous chemicals that can cause death, temporary incapacitation, or harm to humans under 18 U.S.C. § 229, which Congress enacted pursuant to the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-856 (1998).
Summary of this case from Thompson v. United StatesOpinion
No. 12–158.
2013-01-18
Carol Anne BOND, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.
Case below, 681 F.3d 149.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted.