Some state laws passed by the legislature specify what the minimum amount of punishment may be delivered by the judge. They give the judge no leeway in his actions at all.
No I don't think that this is a good idea !! I think that the cases should be on case by case basis. I was charged with trafficking 4 counts and wasn't trafficking they just got me because of weight....
Every crime is different. treating all offenders of a certain type of crime- for example possesion of a certain quantity of drugs, minimizes attempts towards re-habilitation ( in both sense of the...
The legislature(s) introduced mandatory sentencing in an effort to make sentencing more equal for the same offenses, and to thwart lenient sentences by 'bleeding heart' judges.