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28 Jul 2010, 11:05 am
I'd prefer they equalize it - the issue is the quantity of drugs required to trigger federal mandatory minimum sentences - but this is a substantial improvement. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 12:31 pm
First-degree murder carries the highest sentence of any single crime in all of Illinois and is subject to the mandatory minimum statute. [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 2:20 pm
The mandatory minimum is basic liability insurance. [read post]
8 Apr 2017, 9:11 am
The City of Los Angeles has a mandatory paid sick leave (PSL) law which is part of its minimum wage ordinance and which has been in effect since July 1, 2016 for employers with 26 or more employees. [read post]
17 Jun 2013, 8:33 am
United States that Apprendi did not apply to facts that would increase a defendant’s mandatory minimum sentence, and therefore that a judge could constitutionally decide to apply a mandatory minimum sentence on the basis of facts not proven to a jury. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 6:07 am
Owens the defendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and his sentence was enhanced because the district court determined his prior convictions under Alabama law for second degree rape and second degree sodomy qualified as a violent crime under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) which mandates a 15 year minimum sentence for any convicted felon who possesses a firearm after having been convicted of three violent felony or serious drug offenses. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 10:57 am
Due to the fact that the burglar was armed with a gun, this offense will carry a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years in prison. [read post]
22 May 2020, 6:43 am
In the past, a judge’s hands were tied and he had to give jail of at least 10 days as a mandatory minimum for a 3rd or subsequent offense. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 5:39 pm
Under New Mexico law, a second DWI carries mandatory minimum jail time of 96 hours. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 8:00 am
The Commonwealth appealed Hansley’s sentence to the Superior Court, citing the RRRI’s conditional minimum sentences conflicted with the mandatory minimum sentences which were required by statute. [read post]
21 May 2016, 1:23 pm
The mandatory minimum applies only if the defendant has previously been convicted of a crime related to “aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, or abusive sexual conduct involving a minor or ward. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 5:42 am
12 Aug 2013, 6:43 am
NY TIMES WASHINGTON — In a major shift in criminal justice policy, the Obama administration will move on Monday to ease overcrowding in federal prisons by ordering prosecutors to omit listing quantities of illegal substances in indictments for low-level drug cases, sidestepping federal laws that impose strict mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related offenses. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 1:09 pm
Beltran-Moreno, was appealed even though the sentences given were below the mandatory minimum. [read post]
3 Oct 2023, 3:50 am
The EU Tobacco Tax Directive requires Member States to levy a minimum excise taxAn excise […] [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 6:20 pm
From the New York Times: Critics have long contended that draconian mandatory minimum sentence laws for low-level drug offenses, as well as stop-and-frisk police policies that target higher-crime and minority neighborhoods, have a disproportionate impact on members of minority groups.... [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 3:43 pm
Bloch's sentencing is on hold in Washington federal district court as a magistrate judge tries to determine whether lying to Congress carries a one-month minimum mandatory jail term. [read post]
14 Jun 2007, 1:34 am
“Only one in five criminals convicted of possessing a firearm has been sentenced to the mandatory minimum jail terms created by the Government to fight gun crime, Home Office figures show. [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 3:06 pm
The military does not have mandatory minimum confinement sentences (and I hope we never have them). [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 9:47 am
Sentencing Safety valve adjustment Where the defendant was not fully cooperative in providing truthful information, the district court did not err in denying a safety valve adjustment to the mandatory minimum sentence. [read post]
