Supreme Court hears New York crime family associate’s gun charge appeal

Dropping poison in a drink. Serving food gone dangerously bad. Or, hiring hitmen to take out a foe. 

Are those violent crimes?  

The Supreme Court appeared unconvinced Tuesday by a New York crime family associate’s argument that his conviction in a foiled murder-for-hire plot does not qualify as a “crime of violence” because he used no physical force. However, the justices seemed open to ruling that some crimes committed through inaction cannot be deemed violent. 

Salvatore Delligatti...