Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term of imprisonment for certain crimes, commonly serious or violent offenses. Judges are...
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Families Against Mandatory Minimums, famm.org, accessed October 24, 2010. "U.S. Sentencing Commission Votes to Make Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Reforms Retroactive"...
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justia.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012. "Mandatory life without parole for juveniles: A state-by-state look at sentencing". The Washington times. Associated...
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States Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that set out a uniform policy for sentencing individuals and...
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the crime. Habitual offender laws may provide for mandatory sentencing—in which a minimum sentence must be imposed, or may allow judicial discretion in...
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there is no parole in the federal system. Life or any lesser sentence of years, with a mandatory minimum of dismissal or dishonorable discharge. For the first...
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Three-strikes law (redirect from Three strikes sentencing)
consideration prior offenses when sentencing. However, there is a more recent history of mandatory prison sentences for repeat offenders. For example...
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Sentencing guidelines define a recommended sentencing range for a criminal defendant, based upon characteristics of the defendant and of the criminal...
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recent cases require an examination of the maximum sentence possible under the state's mandatory sentencing guidelines."); see also Matter of Cota, 23 I&N...
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A custodial sentence is a judicial sentence, imposing a punishment consisting of mandatory custody of the convict, either in prison or in some other closed...
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