Contrary to public perception, prosecutors do not coerce or threaten otherwise innocent people to plead guilty using mandatory minimum sentences. Mandatory minimums, as they are called, are minimum terms of imprisonment for specific offenses imposed by statute instead of a judge. Judge John Gleeson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York joined the chorus of critics in an October 2013 court statement, when he said that [p]rosecutors routinely threaten ultra-harsh, enhanced mandatory sentences that no one - not even the prosecutors themselves - thinks are appropriate. Of course, some federal prosecutors do act badly - lazily, unfairly, unethically and even criminally. Prosecutors can act badly in all phases of...
Most recognize that federal and state laws imposing high sentences and reducing judicial sentencing ...
In Canada, recent decisions have reaffirmed the almost unfettered discretionary power of prosecutors...
As the use of mandatory minimum sentences becomes more common in Canada, it is important to consider...
Contrary to public perception, prosecutors do not coerce or threaten otherwise innocent people t...
The mandatory minimum sentences attached to federal narcotics violations have come in for plenty of ...
To many public officials, promotion and enactment of mandatory penalty laws are important symbols of...
A preview of Melendez v. United States, a 1996 Supreme Court case in which a convicted cocaine deale...
This paper offers several proposals to reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws and asks how we can ...
This Comment addresses whether the intent of the federal sentencing system is defeated when prosecut...
One man’s seven-year wait for a trial reveals the ways mandatory minimums distort our courts
This article stakes out an ethical argument in favor of prosecutorial leadership on sentencing refor...
Federal criminal sentencing has changed dramatically since 1988. Fifteen years ago, judges determine...
Mandatory minimum sentencing provisions have been a feature of the U.S. justice system since 1790. B...
Hamedah Hassan was an overall upstanding member of our society until she became a victim of her exte...
This paper empirically documents one way in which prosecutorial discretion may be used to dampen the...
Most recognize that federal and state laws imposing high sentences and reducing judicial sentencing ...
In Canada, recent decisions have reaffirmed the almost unfettered discretionary power of prosecutors...
As the use of mandatory minimum sentences becomes more common in Canada, it is important to consider...
Contrary to public perception, prosecutors do not coerce or threaten otherwise innocent people t...
The mandatory minimum sentences attached to federal narcotics violations have come in for plenty of ...
To many public officials, promotion and enactment of mandatory penalty laws are important symbols of...
A preview of Melendez v. United States, a 1996 Supreme Court case in which a convicted cocaine deale...
This paper offers several proposals to reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws and asks how we can ...
This Comment addresses whether the intent of the federal sentencing system is defeated when prosecut...
One man’s seven-year wait for a trial reveals the ways mandatory minimums distort our courts
This article stakes out an ethical argument in favor of prosecutorial leadership on sentencing refor...
Federal criminal sentencing has changed dramatically since 1988. Fifteen years ago, judges determine...
Mandatory minimum sentencing provisions have been a feature of the U.S. justice system since 1790. B...
Hamedah Hassan was an overall upstanding member of our society until she became a victim of her exte...
This paper empirically documents one way in which prosecutorial discretion may be used to dampen the...
Most recognize that federal and state laws imposing high sentences and reducing judicial sentencing ...
In Canada, recent decisions have reaffirmed the almost unfettered discretionary power of prosecutors...
As the use of mandatory minimum sentences becomes more common in Canada, it is important to consider...