Mandatory retirement

Latimer suffering from a severe form of cerebral palsy was killed by her father out of compassion. The father, Robert Latimer was then sentenced to the full twenty-five years in prison because mandatory minimum sentencing was barring any reduction to the punishment. Regardless of the circumstances, mandatory minimums set standards in sentencing that will prohibit any punishment lower than the specified level. Despite Robert’s sympathetic intentions he received a severe penalty for his actions.…

Facts: The accused, Robert William Latimer was initially charged with the second degree murder of his daughter Tracy Latimer. Tracy was a quadriplegic with severe cerebral palsy causing her to be immobile with the mental capacity of a four month old baby only able to communicate through facial expressions. Her condition, caused by neurological damage had led to up to six seizures a day forcing her need of on the clock care. Tracy soon developed scoliosis which is the abnormal arch of one's…

Through the year’s mandatory minimum sentences seemed like the way to go, nonviolent drug offenders made to serve a minimum term for the crimes they committed. Where the phrase “if you do the crime, you do the time” held a lot of truth and the “war on drugs” was just the beginning. But what if it is not so true anymore? What if I told you we have lost the war on drugs? And, what if mandatory minimums were responsible for some of the problems with in our criminal justice system? What was once put…

Judicial guidelines and mandatory sentencing fall under the category of sentencing and punishment, an aspect of the criminal justice system which has a purpose to make decisions and impose fair and justly punishments upon criminals. Judicial guidelines are judgements for punishment given to judges for certain crimes whereas mandatory sentencing refers to legislation of parliament which place minimum punishments and sentences for…

Should Congress repeal “Mandatory Minimum Law”? My answer to that question is yes, many of my opponent’s arguments for why these laws should not be changed are; This law helps keeps criminals off the street for longer periods of time, thus, causing the crime rate to decrease. Based on that argument I must argue that this not true, statistic that we will get into later have proven that this is not a deterrent to crime. Daily our prison population continues to grow soon, there will not be…

What mandatory minimums do to our justice system is counter-productive when it comes to the Canadian courts, the entire discretion that the judge is supposed to hold becomes illuminated. These stiffer laws that Canada wants to be imposed can have a drastic backlash…

effort to reduce the mass amount of drugs, mandatory minimum sentencing laws were implemented into our country. Mandatory minimums are laws with set minimum sentences for certain crimes that judges cannot lower, even for extenuating circumstances. The most common of these laws deal with drug offenses and set mandatory minimum sentences for possession of a drug over a certain amount. In 1971, President Nixon declared a “war on drugs”, resulting in mandatory…

Over the past years, the development of the criminal justice system raises important issues in society today. One important issue for many citizens is the crime rate is unacceptably high, and many people are forced to move away or feel like a prisoner in their own community. Moreover, when it comes to crimes in today's society, there is an increasing number of repeat offenders so in 1994 the state of California passed the “Three-Strikes and Your Out” law. This law proposes that felons who are…

John Doe was a man who had fallen on hard times. He knew a couple people from his time in high school; although he had only done drugs once, he was talked into trying marijuana to help relieve some of the stress in his life. He began to use marijuana regularly without any problems, until late one afternoon he was pulled over by a police officer because of a bad tail light. He was arrested for possession of one ounce of marijuana. He later went to court where he was offered a plea bargain for…

racial disparity within the prison system. Studies from Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and professor at The University of Michigan explains that the racial gap and discrimination of African Americans to White Americans are due to mandatory minimum filings by the prosecutor; black males are twice as likely to be affected by these…