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24 Jul 2015, 7:10 am by Bill Otis
This story from Roll Call says a good deal about who will win and who will lose if mandatory minimum sentencing is dumbed down or eliminated  --  not that any of this was hard to understand before.The headline of the story is "Convicted Republicans call for mandatory minimums changes". [read post]
20 Dec 2007, 6:20 am
And 83 percent said that judges should be allowed to send low-level drug offenders to treatment instead of prison.As I have suggested before, repealing and even resisting mandatory minimum sentences requires politicians to show courage and leadership to help the public understand the complicated but compelling reasons why crude mandatory sentencing provisions often do more harm than good in a criminal justice system. [read post]
4 Dec 2011, 8:21 pm
Oregon law requires that all private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policies meet mandatory minimums including personal injury protection (PIP). [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 7:02 am by Paralegal Student
If the inmates were to be granted parole, they would be moved into a minimum-security facility and would be eligible for release in roughly two years. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 6:25 am by Paul Zukerberg - DC Marijuana Lawyer
For a score of .20 or above there is a ten day (10) mandatory minimum. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 5:00 am by Kara M. Maciel
 Under the Order, employees will be due a higher minimum wage and subject to new tip pooling rules. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 7:58 am by stu@crimapp.com
O’Brien and Burgess, Supreme Court No. 08-1569 presents the question of whether the mandatory minimum sentence enhancement under 18 U.S.C. [read post]
12 Jun 2013, 3:09 pm by Michel-Adrien
They do not even have the power to suggest any specific minimum sentence, unlike the position in other jurisdictions..."" [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 11:08 pm
"The government is pursuing the amendment because it wants to see if, by giving the court the power to decide, it would help with the war against drugs," de facto law minister Azalina Othman Said told parliament, according to the official news agency Bernama.She told the House of Representatives Thursday that despite various drastic measures taken by the government, the number of drug cases continues to rise.Between January 2014 and October this year, she said, the police have detained… [read post]
8 Nov 2020, 8:10 am by Page Pate
  Our client was accused of being involved in a large marijuana grow house conspiracy and was originally facing a five-year mandatory minimum sentence in prison. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 3:02 pm
– President Obama granted clemency today to 22 federal prisoners, including a member of Families Against Mandatory Minimums. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 7:44 am by Justin Cosgrove
This statute requires that a various mandatory minimum sentences must be imposed for defendants convicted under the statute for crimes of violence with... [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 3:17 pm
Beginning tomorrow, getting arrested for DUI means your car will be towed and impounded for minimum 12 hours. [read post]
22 Jan 2011, 2:02 pm by essex county criminal lawyer
However, it does give the Judge the ability to deviate from the mandatory prison requirement and even grant probation. [read post]
27 Oct 2006, 11:57 am
In addition to this NPR report, today brings other discussions of crack sentencing to "celebrate" the 20th anniversary of harsh federal mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine crimes. [read post]