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11 Sep 2013, 7:17 pm
The court declined to do so and imposed the minimum mandatory sentence associated with the amended version - 3.5 years. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 9:10 am
[JURIST] The Ontario Superior Court [official website] on Monday issued an opinion [text] refusing to impose a mandatory minimum sentence established by the Canadian federal government for firearm possession, declaring the guideline unconstitutional. [read post]
12 Jul 2009, 1:02 pm
Specifically, as detailed here, on Tuesday morning the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on "Mandatory Minimums and Unintended Consequences. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 5:14 am
Marie Manikis (McGill Faculty of Law) has posted The Recognition of Prosecutorial Obligations in an Era of Mandatory Minimum Sentences of Imprisonment and Over-Representation of Aboriginal People in Prisons ((2015) 71 Supreme Court Law Review 277-300) on SSRN. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 1:56 pm
Mandatory minimums also were inequitable for Judges and criminal defense lawyers. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 7:27 am
This local article, which is headlined "Repeal of mandatory minimums in drug cases clears N.J. [read post]
21 Jul 2020, 7:13 pm
From Courthouse News Service, via NACDL's News of Interest: California judges would have more freedom in determining how to sentence nonviolent drug offenders under a new bill aiming to do away with mandatory minimum prison terms. [read post]
25 Jul 2017, 12:27 pm
The number of federal prison inmates sentenced under mandatory minimum laws decreased by 14 percent from 2010 to 2016, although they still make up more than half of all federal inmates, according to a new report by the United States Sentencing Commission. [read post]
4 May 2009, 7:10 am
The prosecutor agreed that my client couldn’t get less than the mandatory minimum no matter how many mitigating factors the judge found. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 10:17 am
"Congress decided that this particular offense should carry a mandatory, statutory minimum term of five years," Papagni wrote in the government's sentencing memo. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 10:17 am
"Congress decided that this particular offense should carry a mandatory, statutory minimum term of five years," Papagni wrote in the government's sentencing memo. [read post]
7 Sep 2009, 12:40 pm
Late Friday the First Circuit affirmed the application of a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence in a single-page per curiam opinion in US v. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 5:40 am
Larry Hogan on Wednesday called on Maryland legislators to enact mandatory minimum sentences on repeat violent offenders as part of an effort to reduce the more than 300 slayings that have afflicted Baltimore in each of the last two years. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 10:29 am
One of the ways this war has been waged is through mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. [read post]
20 Oct 2021, 11:59 am
From the Brennan Center, via NACDL's news-of-interest: Currently, the dominant paradigm in the criminal legal system is the myth that imposing harsh mandatory minimum sentences and locking people of color in cages are necessary to keep white people safe. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 6:40 am
 At the time, there were only 60 mandatory-minimum laws on the books. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 1:07 am
Devall Patrick for reevaluating mandatory minimum sentencing laws. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 12:16 pm
O’Brien, may point the way to more robust procedural regulation of mandatory minimums, including a right to have a jury find the facts that trigger a mandatory minimum beyond a reasonable doubt. [read post]
10 Aug 2012, 7:41 am
The court additionally misinformed Davis of a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence twice during his plea hearing. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 12:45 pm
For example, in the case where the perpetrator is 17 years old or older, and the victim is less than 13 years old, there is a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years. [read post]
