Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), would reduce the length of mandatory minimum sentences for repeat nonviolent drug offenses and eliminate the “three strike” provision that requires a life sentence. those that carry the most substantial guidelines sentence, including mandatory minimum sentences.”[Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy]“Drug trafficking is an inherently dangerous and violent business,” Sessions said at the time. Faith in mandatory minimum sentencing was more widely held during the height of the war on drugs in the 1980s and 1990s. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have spent five years hammering out the specifics of the criminal-justice bill that was reintroduced Wednesday. “Mandatory minimum sentences were once seen as a strong deterrent.

Source: Washington Post October 04, 2017 23:46 UTC