Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Overview of Legislation in the 106th Congress
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This report discusses federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, which demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. They cover drug dealing, murdering federal officials, and using a gun to commit a federal crime. They circumscribe judicial sentencing discretion. They have been criticized as unthinkingly harsh and incompatible with a rational sentencing guideline system; yet they have also been embraced as hallmarks of truth in sentence and a certain means of incapacita…
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Date:
January 11, 2001
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
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