The new publication updates much of the data contained in its 2011 Report to the Congress: Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System and compiles data through 2016, the most recent full fiscal year for which federal sentencing data is available. (sentencing.typepad.com)
The government's justification for taking the extraordinary step of imposing mandatory minimum penalties on an offence designed essentially to combat tax cheats was vague and illusory. (slaw.ca)
Paul criticized federal mandatory minimum penalties that he said have clogged prisons with non-violent drug offenders. (sentencing.typepad.com)