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30 Sep 2008, 1:06 am
Kelsey Peterson, 26, had pleaded guilty in July to a charge of transporting a minor across state lines to have sex and avoided a similar charge that would have carried a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence. [read post]
12 Nov 2018, 4:55 am by Paul Cassell
I am glad to see some common sense changes being made to federal mandatory minimum sentences. [read post]
5 Apr 2018, 2:22 pm by Steve Lash
ANNAPOLIS – A delegate whose grandson was shot to death in Baltimore last Labor Day urged senators Thursday to pass legislation to impose mandatory minimum sentences on repeat gun offenders, a position at odds with the legislator’s more liberal views before the killing. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 10:06 am by Brian G. Thompson
State-  decided August 24, 2020   The Court of Appeals addressed four questions of law concerning the application of the Justice Reinvestment Act which eliminated mandatory minimum sentences without the possibility of parole required by existing law for defendants who were convicted of certain drug offences and who were repeat offenders. [read post]
f you’re turning 70½ this year, get ready to start taking those mandatory annual payouts (your “required minimum distributions” or RMD’s) from your IRA accounts. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 6:38 am by Lindsay Offutt
Both cases concern the “mandatory minimum 15-year prison sentence on any federal firearms offender who previously has been convicted of three ‘violent’ felonies. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 7:12 am by Tamara Tabo
Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: ABA, ABA Annual Meeting 2013, American Bar Association / ABA, Crime, Department of Justice, DOJ, Drugs, Eric Holder, Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Mandatory Sentencing, Sentencing, Sentencing Law     [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 1:28 pm
  But now, thanks to this post at How Appealing, I now see another example of an extreme mandatory minimum punishment. [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 7:04 am by Nolelaw
Consider the following mandatory penalties:First OffenseYour first offense is considered a Misdemeanor. [read post]
24 May 2010, 4:16 pm by David S. Seltzer
However, high sentencing guidelines and high mandatory minimum sentences have serious problems. [read post]
3 Feb 2017, 2:36 pm by Jon Katz
– Although not a mandatory minimum sentencing scheme, federal law provides for imprisonment for up to ten years for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 9:22 am by Tim Zubizarreta
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a mandatory minimum sentence issued at revocation of supervised release based on a new crime without a jury trial is unconstitutional. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 12:27 am
(The Supreme Court recently issued the Rule on Mandatory Legal Aid Service , requiring all "practicing lawyers" to render a minimum of 60 hours of free legal aid services to indigent litigants in a year. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 6:57 am
With the advent of minimum mandatory sentencing, there is no balance. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 4:20 pm
However, for a second conviction there is a minimum mandatory sentence of fifteen days with a maximum two years state prison and a $2,500 fine. [read post]