Mandatory minimum sentences in the United States have failed to reduce crime and have instead driven mass incarceration, ...

As determinate sentencing and existing mandatory minimums have taken hold over the last generation,” says Georgetown Law ...

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 ...

In a surprise collapse and a political setback for Gov. Kelly Ayotte, House and Senate negotiators failed to reach agreement on legislation to impose mandatory minimum prison terms for possessing ...

In 1994, and with an incredible 72 percent in favor, Californians passed Proposition 184. This proposition strengthened a habitual offenders law that provides higher sentences for those with two ...

ADDING MORE PROVISIONS TO THE BILL AND HOPES IT CAN PASS. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ATTEMPTING A COMPROMISE ON A BILL TO IMPOSE MANDATORY MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCES FOR POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL, ...

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 ...

The New Hampshire House of Representatives debates bills during a voting session in the State House Thursday afternoon. Earlier Thursday, they approved Senate Bill 14, which institutes mandatory ...