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4 Jul 2013, 11:08 am
The state can always waive the minimum mandatory sentence. [read post]
30 Aug 2017, 5:00 pm
A new report from Statistics Canada on mandatory minimum penalties shows that the number of offences with MMPs in the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act have not dropped but have in fact “increased considerably” in the years since new legislation has introduced new or increased mandatory minimums. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 7:00 am
Representatives of the Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), the US Judicial Conference and Americans for Tax Reform [advocacy [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 2:46 am
Sentencing Commission to study the issue of mandatory minimums. [read post]
24 Oct 2022, 9:00 am
While judges normally have some discretion about minimum and maximum terms, mandatory minimum sentencing laws make a certain amount of jail time unavoidable. [read post]
25 Oct 2008, 9:25 pm
A recent poll indicated that a majority of Americans support eliminating minimum mandatory sentences for nonviolent crimes. [read post]
21 Jun 2014, 3:57 pm
Most Washington State Municipal and County Jails will give you "good time" credit on DUI mandatory minimum sentences. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 6:17 pm
Bill Otis has this post at Crime & Consequences, critiquing Michael Cassidy's argument that prosecutors have an ethical obligation to oppose mandatory minimums. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 7:03 am
" I am not sure if Prejean could technically be guilty under 18 USC 2251 for producing child porn and so be subject to a 15-year mandatory minimum, but I am confident that she could be technically subject to the five-year minimum under 18 USC 2252(a)(2) for distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 4:40 am
The CanWest News Service has this interesting article highlighting that the debate over mandatory minimum drug sentencing is spreading north of the boarder. [read post]
11 Nov 2011, 8:34 am
What more is there to be said about mandatory minimums? [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 12:44 pm
How Do Mandatory Minimum Sentences Impact All Of This? [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 5:59 pm
"The mandatory minimums for these Internet child-enticement cases are entirely appropriate. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 1:21 pm
Even first-time offenders faces the stiff penalties surrounding the minimum mandatory sentences. [read post]
19 Jan 2009, 9:53 am
The 1970 Act was in lock-step with President Kennedy's aversion to the mandatory minimums, Kennedy's Commission's findings against the mandatory minimums and President Lyndon Johnson's opposition to the mandatory minimums. [read post]
25 Oct 2006, 1:13 pm
Over at the FAMM website, I just saw a notable new report about mandatory minimum sentencing entitled "'We're Supposed to Sentence Individuals, Not Crimes' — A Survey of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas Judges on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 12:48 pm
Mandatory minimums are usually imposed for certain drug crimes or gun offenses. [read post]
8 Apr 2016, 9:09 am
The amicus brief focuses on three serious constitutional problems that mandatory minimum drug laws have created. [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 2:49 pm
Earlier this week, in a dissenting opinion, Eighth Circuit Judge Myron Birght raised the question of whether it makes sense for the federal government to pursue mandatory minimum sentences in marijuana cases in a world where a large number of people think the drug should be legal. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 11:29 am
Unfortunately the 10th Circuit Federal Court on February 2nd ruled that relevant crimes committed by a defendant when he was minor can be used as enhancement for sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act’s (ACCA) 15 year-minimum-mandatory prison sentence. [read post]
