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1 Mar 2016, 9:39 am
§2252(a)(4) are subject to a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence and an increased maximum sentence if they have "a prior conviction . [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 1:08 pm
Some related recent posts: House hearing on "Mandatory Minimums and Unintended Consequences" Important and heartening new speech from AG Eric Holder Can concerns for dollars and cents finally bring sense to federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes? [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 9:46 am
National Law Journal: "Judges Give Thumbs Down to Crack, Pot, Porn Mandatory Minimums" http://bit.ly/bWGMeF [read post]
3 Jan 2019, 7:10 pm
The effect of statutory mandatory minimums is especially significant because the U.S. [read post]
17 Mar 2021, 9:09 am
A package of new laws allows some of Michigan’s repeat drunk drivers to possibly avoid mandatory minimum jail sentences. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 11:35 am
Minimum mandatory sentencing guidelines required the judge to impose the maximum penalty of 25 years. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 2:20 pm
Last week, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that there were fewer federal drug cases brought in fiscal year 2015, and even less cases that triggered the severe… read more → The post Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Federal Drug Cases Are Declining, But Not Everywhere appeared first on . [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 1:30 pm
Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Minnesota DWI Cases In Minnesota, there are mandatory minimum sentences for certain DUI or DWI offenses. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 7:00 am
In one of several criminal justice reforms being pushed for 2020, the Senate voted 39-1 to relax some drug-related mandatory minimums. [read post]
18 Oct 2009, 2:42 pm
Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli is a supporter of the state's mandatory minimums, though he believes that more aren't needed. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 4:37 pm
Deborah Fleischaker, director of state legislative affairs for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, has this piece at Jurist: [T]here is no evidence to suggest that repealing mandatory sentences would lead to an increase in crime. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 1:59 pm
Mary Leary (Catholic University of America) has posted Judicial Challenges to Mandatory Minimum Sentences: A New Frontier in the Debate Over Child Pornography Sentencing? [read post]
3 Jun 2016, 2:00 am
All states and the federal government need to follow Maryland’s lead in eliminating mandatory minimum prison sentencing. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 4:15 am
And still they went to prison because of mandatory minimums. [read post]
3 Apr 2024, 1:11 pm
In federal criminal courts, when a person is convicted of a drug offense with a minimum mandatory sentence provision, there are only two ways that allow a federal judge to go below that statutory minimum mandatory sentence: a 5K motion filed by the federal prosecutor if the client provides substantial assistance to the government or the safety valve provision of 18 U.S.C. [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 9:42 am
US [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] that the 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for child pornography possession applies when the offender has been previously convicted of sexual abuse that did not involve a minor. [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 6:15 am
The California legislature, fearful that New York Governor Andy Cuomo might steal their thunder by passing an idiotic law before they did, enacted a mandatory minimum punishment for college males “convicted” of rape or sexual assault. [read post]
30 Nov 2012, 6:07 am
In some instances mandatory minimum sentences can work: the example of Rob Ford. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 12:11 pm
To see the devastating impact mandatory minimums have on people, look no further than Hamedah Hasan. [read post]
8 Jun 2015, 3:10 pm
My hat is off to the criminal defense bar and its allied interests on their relentlessness in attacking mandatory minimum sentencing. [read post]
