Mandatory sentencing

legalizing marijuana are Unconstitutional. Obama administration’s decision not to enforce the federal law banning marijuana in states that have legalized the drug is an abuse of prosecution discretion. In the judiciary branch there must be a mandatory sentencing. Even for the minimum charge that person must do some sort of time or punishment to pay their debt to society. The acts made a first time cannabis possession offense a minimum of two to ten years with a fine up to twenty thousand…

want to hear the drug court cases. When drug cases appear in court, it is up to the judge to decide the sentencing for the criminal. Many judges are awarding these criminals with a minimum harsh sentencing right away, making everything easier for the courts by not even having the case go to court. According to the book, The New Jim Crow, written by Michelle Alexander, “‘The value of a mandatory minimum sentence lies not in its imposition, but in its value as a bargaining chip to be given away in…

abuse to aggression. Since the 1970s, policy makers have shifted to a crime control model that has “cracked down on crime” and focuses on punishment as a form of prevention. This goal has been accomplished by lengthening prison sentences, mandatory minimum sentencing laws, and practically eliminating privileges in prisons with the No Frills Prison…

contributed to reducing crime; in fact it may have more negative effects than positive ones. Policies enacted in this movement include mandatory minimum sentencing laws like three strikes and truth-in-sentencing. Three strikes laws take away judicial discretion, giving more sentencing power to the prosecutor because they decide what to charge the defendant with. Mandatory minimums often require life sentences for many offenders who are nonviolent and non-serious. These include many drug…

Racial Disparities among Prisons Through time, discrimination has always been part of American history. Unfortunately, discrimination still plays an important role in today’s society. Discrimination is most evident in the way minorities are targeted and treated before and after entering the criminal justice system. The way the government has targeted African Americans, the reasons that have led to overrepresentation on minorities in the criminal justice system, the percent of African Americans…

§ 3559(c)) provides for mandatory life imprisonment if a convicted felon: (a) has been convicted in federal court of a "serious violent felony" and (b) has two or more previous convictions in federal or state courts, at least one of which is a "serious violent felony." The other…

“Tough on Crime” are many polices made to underline strict punishment as the main response to crime activities. Many want youth offenders who are underage to be judged in the same way an adult would be judged. Others also wish there would be a mandatory minimum sentence for offenders. There is criticism for using this approach as effective as they try to make it appear. Prison inmate are dealing with many, problems. Getting “tough on crime” is surprisingly more expensive and unfair than one…

I believe that by making some changes to the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines would in the long run make our justice system better able to serve the people. I know many of you, like I believe there should be no change to the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines, but have you or I for that matter really thought through what that means for people like Lee Wollard or Trina Garnett? Lee Wollard didn’t hurt the young man, he protected his daughter and family, yet is spending twenty years…

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…

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…