Virginia Democrats propose eliminating minimum prison sentences for violent crimes including rape and manslaughter, sparking ...
A new proposal before the Virginia General Assembly would eliminate mandatory minimum prison terms for several serious sex offenses, including ...
In their Sentencing Guidelines column, Covington & Burling's Alan Vinegrad and Jason Levine write: Mandatory minimum sentences have, for years, been the subject of complaints from the bench, the ...
Attorney General Merrick Garland told prosecutors in December to promote the equal treatment of crack and powder cocaine offenses and limit the use of mandatory minimum sentences. These steps are in ...
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The sentencing formula America can't agree on
Mandatory minimum sentences require judges to impose fixed prison terms for certain crimes regardless of circumstances. They emerged in the 1980s along with the war on drugs, “tough on crime” politics ...
I sat down in front of the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) yesterday afternoon to testify about the harmful effects of mandatory minimum sentencing. In 1991, the USSC delivered a report to ...
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