Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Guidelines Manual
Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
Author: Charles DoylePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492892380
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes limit the discretion of a sentencing court to impose a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment or the death penalty. They have a long history and come in several varieties: the not-less-than, the flat sentence, and piggyback versions. Federal courts may refrain from imposing an otherwise required statutory mandatory minimum sentence when requested by the prosecution on the basis of substantial assistance toward the prosecution of others. First-time, low-level, non-violent offenders may be able to avoid the mandatory minimums under the Controlled Substances Acts, if they are completely forthcoming. The most common imposed federal mandatory minimum sentences arise under the Controlled Substance and Controlled Substance Import and Export Acts, the provisions punishing the presence of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense, the Armed Career Criminal Act, various sex crimes include child pornography, and aggravated identity theft. Critics argue that mandatory minimums undermine the rationale and operation of the federal sentencing guidelines which are designed to eliminate unwarranted sentencing disparity. Counter arguments suggest that the guidelines themselves operate to undermine individual sentencing discretion and that the ills attributed to other mandatory minimums are more appropriately assigned to prosecutorial discretion or other sources. State and federal mandatory minimums have come under constitutional attack on several grounds over the years, and have generally survived. The Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishments clause does bar mandatory capital punishment, and apparently bans any term of imprisonment that is grossly disproportionate to the seriousness of the crime for which it is imposed. The Supreme Court, however, has declined to overturn sentences imposed under the California three strikes law and challenged as cruel and unusual. Double jeopardy, ex post facto, due process, separation of powers, and equal protection challenges have been generally unavailing. The United States Sentencing Commission's Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System (2011) recommends consideration of amendments to several of the statutes under which federal mandatory minimum sentences are most often imposed.
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
Author: Charles DoylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This report examines legislation in the 107th Congress pertaining to federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes (mandatory minimums), which demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. They cover drug dealing and using a gun to commit a federal crime, among other crimes.
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
Author: Charles DoylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mandatory sentences
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Author: Margaret HaerensPublisher: Greenhaven Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Offers opposing viewpoints on mandatory minimum sentencing to give the reader both sides of the legal debate.
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Author: Lawrence V. BrinkleyPublisher: Novinka Books
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The US Sentencing Commission defines mandatory minimum sentencing provisions as "statutory provisions requiring the imposition of at least a specified minimum sentence when criteria specified in the relevant statute have been met". Although Federal mandatory minimum penalties have been in effect since 1790, and there are approximately 100 such provisions in 60 separate criminal statutes, the greatest increase in Federal use of these penalties occurs in relatively few provisions, most of which were enacted after 1984. The latter are concerned with the manufacture, distribution or possession of controlled substances, and with the possession of a firearm during drug-related or violent crime. This book documents the growth in the use of mandatory minimum sentencing at the federal level, and presents data regarding the impact of this trend on the criminal justice system as well as providing a pro/con analysis of such sentences.
Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System
Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
As directed by section 1703 of Public Law 101-647.
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Author: Christophe SalautPublisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781629485577
Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes (mandatory minimums) demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. Among other things, they cover drug dealing, murdering federal officials, and using a gun to commit a federal crime. This book provides an overview of federal statutes and a discussion of some of the constitutional challenges they have faced.
Mandatory Minimums and Unintended Consequences
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland SecurityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description