#minimum sentences

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Senate Criminal Justice Reform Bill Would Create New Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Senate Criminal Justice Reform Bill Would Create New Mandatory Minimum Sentences

By Adam Dick

Ron Paul Institute

October 6, 2015

  Senate Criminal Justice Reform Bill Would Create New Mandatory Minimum Sentences

    No wonder Americans have such disdain for Congress. On Thursday, a bipartisan group of nine United States senators joined together to introduce the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. In a press releaseheralding the bill’s introduction, sponsor Sen. Chuck…

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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia is revamping its draconian drug laws, which have been condemned for having minimum sentences of at least a year and not distinguishing between hard and soft drugs. Source: Associated Press

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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia is revamping its draconian drug laws, which have been condemned for having minimum sentences of at least a year and not distinguishing between hard and soft drugs. Source: Associated Press

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Mandatory minimums don't make sense.

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Watch Attorney General Eric Holder Announce Major Changes to Criminal Justice System (by PBSNewsHour)

Because I know the libertarians aren't talking about this

...We will start by fundamentally rethinking the notion of mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes.  Some statutes that mandate inflexible sentences – regardless of the individual conduct at issue in a particular case – reduce the discretion available to prosecutors, judges, and juries.  Because they oftentimes generate unfairly long sentences, they breed disrespect for the system.  When applied indiscriminately, they do not serve public safety.  They – and some of the enforcement priorities we have set – have had a destabilizing effect on particular communities, largely poor and of color.  And, applied inappropriately, they are ultimately counterproductive...

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MP @ElizabethMay - Mandatory minimums in Bill C-10 #Omnibus Crime #BillC10