GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A set of bills advanced this week in the state House would set harsher penalties for drug dealers who peddle fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin and their derivatives. “These ...
California politicians think mandatory minimums will help stop the next Brock Turner. They're wrong.
The California State Legislature passed a bill this week that would impose a mandatory three-year minimum sentence on any person “convicted of rape, sodomy, penetration with a foreign object, or oral ...
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 ...
President Joe Biden's administration took some steps to discourage mandatory minimum sentences. But in other cases, Biden opposed efforts to reduce them, and he did not support or introduce ...
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 ...
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted, 214-167, June 5 to pass Senate Bill 14, which creates mandatory minimums for fentanyl possession and reduces the penalty for people caught with ...
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