Sentences with phrase «minimum mandatory sentence»

For comparison, a third - time DUI carried with it a minimum mandatory sentence of 30 days.

If movies are our dreambeat, our filmmakers were dreaming of ways for students to make the world better through science, or ways to avoid tearing apart families through unfair minimum mandatory sentences, or of recreating a particularly heinous time in the history of a town to redress wrongs.

It voted unanimously for SB 290, which would end minimum mandatory sentences for nonviolent offenses like Powell's.

Yolanda also mentioned the many injustices that continue, including the imposition of extraordinarily high bails that keep accused people locked up and the persistence of minimum mandatory sentences that prevent the client's life story from being considered by the sentencing judge.

What amazes me is that most Canadians are still in denial about the cold, hard fact that minimum mandatory sentences simply don't work and don't actually reduce crime.

The Committee expresses its concern about the minimum mandatory sentencing schemes with regard to minor property offences enacted in Western Australia, and in particular in the Northern Territory.

Not exact matches

Despite the changes on the medical front, the federal Tories have not only indicated their intention to keep marijuana in the Criminal Code, but have also introduced mandatory minimum sentences of six months on small - time grow - ops — six or more plants — as part of the omnibus crime bill, Bill C - 10.

He is known for his opposition towards immigration reform and bipartisan proposals to cut mandatory minimum prison sentences, the New York Times explains.

Congress enacted mandatory minimum sentencing laws in response to the 1980s crack epidemic, and many states followed suit with similar laws.

His case was brought to the clinic's attention by a group called Families against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), which works to reform the kind of extreme sentencing laws that landed Tyler behind bars for life.

During the war on drugs, lengthy mandatory minimum sentences became standard for drug offenders.

While his Democratic predecessor Eric Holder told federal prosecutors to avoid seeking long mandatory minimum sentences when charging some lower - level drug offenders, for example, Sessions issued an order demanding the opposite, telling them to pursue the most serious charges possible against most suspects.

Obama's first attorney general, Eric Holder, set aside a criminal justice memo from his Republican predecessor, John Ashcroft, to charge people with the most serious, provable offenses and replaced it with his own policy of discouraging harsh mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crime.

End Illegal Immigration Act Fully - funds the construction of a wall on our southern border with the full understanding that the country Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall; establishes a 2 - year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a 5 - year mandatory minimum for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

Both Trudeau and Wilson - Raybould identified the use of mandatory minimum sentences and constraints on judicial discretion as priority areas for reform.

In 2015, he also wrote the dissenting judgment in R. v. Nur, a 6 - 3 decision in which he argued the court should have shown judicial restraint and upheld the three - year mandatory minimum sentence for illegal possession of a loaded firearm.

Mr Justice Dingemans imposed a mandatory life sentence and told the defendant he would serve a minimum of 20 years imprisonment.

I am thankful for the progress that has been made in reforming the health care system, securing nuclear weapons, repealing «Don't Ask Don't Tell, ending the practice of torture, reforming mandatory minimum prison sentences, withdrawing from Iraq, and creating green jobs and incentives.

In the op - ed for USA Today, Moore pushed for fixing mandatory minimum sentences, focusing on treatment instead of incarceration for drug offenders and those suffering from mental illnesses, and better awareness of why people are jailed.

Jeffries is for now insisting he wants to make his career in Congress, where he's become a force in the Judiciary Committee on criminal justice issues, especially aggressive police tactics and mandatory minimum sentences.

Sir Ian revealed he discussed lowering the minimum age at which a person possessing a gun receives a mandatory five - year prison sentence with the home secretary.

The proposal addresses campaign finance reform, calls for additional resources to oversight agencies like the Attorney General's office, and calls to explore mandatory minimum sentencing for corruption convictions, in addition to pension forfeiture.

[42][43] The changes to the Rockefeller laws were largely focused on inmates» ability to appeal for an early release from sentences that were passed on them under mandatory minimum sentencing statutes.

In New York State, the majority of gun crimes are committed by criminals who are using illegal guns, and therefore he believes we should take steps to curb illegal gun use by increasing penalties and enacting mandatory minimum sentences.»

In statements after the Newtown shooting on Friday, IDC Leader Senator Jeff Klein said we must «continue to reevaluate the place of guns in our state and our society» Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, who will jointly lead the new Senate governing coalition with Senator Klein, says he's interested in pursuing measures to «curb illegal gun use by increasing penalties and enacting mandatory minimum sentences».

Similarly, the majority of gun owners (67 percent) also support allowing cities to sue licensed gun dealers when the gun dealer's sales practices allow criminals to obtain guns and requiring a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for a person convicted of knowingly selling a gun to someone who can not legally have one (71 percent).

In the fast - paced action thriller, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years.

For a movie striving to offer legitimate social commentary, a lot of the discussion in regard to mandatory minimum sentences gets muddled amid the ridiculous nature of the plot.

He refuses to concoct evidence against someone else for a reduced sentence — that how the mandatory - minimum drug laws work.

In the action thriller SNITCH, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years.

Whether it's a «zero tolerance» approach to gun crimes or domestic assault, mandatory minimum sentences being applied to virtually everything, or blanket policies that demand strip searches of every detainee, the criminal justice system has demonstrated a very dangerous trend in recent years.

Replace conditional «house arrest» sentences with three - year mandatory minimum jail terms and you can bet that my clientele will be visiting their banks for that loan with frequency and alacrity.

Mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for certain drug offences look especially ripe for a constitutional challenge, particularly when they are applied to the mentally ill, those with drug addictions, or aboriginal offenders.

Supporters of measures like the omnibus crime bill have increasingly been striking back at defence lawyers like me accusing us of having a professional «conflict of interest» and questioning our personal motivation for opposing mandatory minimum sentences.

The bill, which received Royal assent in March, includes new mandatory minimum sentences for various offences, the elimination of conditional sentences for some crimes, and harsher penalties for violent young offenders.

The proliferation of mandatory minimum sentences under the Harper government suffered numerous judicial setbacks with high - profile declarations of unconstitutionality.

Guess what eliminating 2 - for - 1 pre-trial credit, increased mandatory minimum jail sentences, and tougher parole laws add up to?

An accused who was previously eligible for a lenient sentence or who had racked up considerable pre-sentence custody could throw in the towel and make peace with Her Majesty but is now encouraged to take a shot at trial even where he assesses his own chances of winning the case as poor — if you're getting slammed by a mandatory minimum whether you plead guilty or not, you may as well spin the wheel of justice and see what happens.

A spate of new aggravating factors to be considered on sentencing relate directly to fraud cases and a two - year mandatory minimum jail sentence will be imposed on anyone convicted of a fraud involving $ 1,000,000 or more.

Both Trudeau and Wilson - Raybould identified the use of mandatory minimum sentences and constraints on judicial discretion as priority areas for reform.

The traditional bastion of sober second thought — our courts — are facing an all - out assault against judicial discretion with mandatory minimum sentences and the wholesale pillaging of the conditional sentence regime.

I have already written about what it might suggest about the Court's views on mandatory minimum sentences, and what it tells us about the respective roles of the courts and Parliament in law reform.

By now, you've probably read elsewhere about the case of Genarlow Wilson, the seventeen - year old Georgia high school student and athlete who engaged in consensual oral sex with a fifteen - year old and was sentenced to ten years in prison under Georgia's mandatory minimum sentence guidelines, which consider him a «sex offender.»

«Softer» drugs like marijuana are allowed for medicinal use, and possession for non-licensed individuals may result in a misdemeanor rather than a felony, but even for marijuana there's a mandatory minimum sentencing guideline.

You can bet that when the mandatory minimum three - year jail sentence for possession of a loaded firearm was being debated, nobody around the table had a vision of Leroy Smickle in his undershirt clicking the «Like» button in front of a webcam.

That failure, the trial judge noted, rendered the mandatory minimum sentence disproportionate under the Charter.

Relevant in the case were mandatory minimum sentences for firearms offences, suicide by cop defences and the unique situation in which the flurry of shots that killed Yatim were split into two groups and dealt with separately.

The court's answer will determine whether Deondery Chambers will have to serve the mandatory 15 - year minimum sentence required of federal defendants who have committed three violent felonies.

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