Saturday, November 16, 2013

Such a waste: mandatory minimum sentences

As usual in matters of incarceration, we are a few years behind our American cousins, but still rushing headlong down the same terrible path. Is this future of the mandatory minimum sentences in our Safe Streets and Communities Act? 

Such a waste. Let the judges do their jobs. Leave them the discretion so they can apply judgment where judgment is needed.


The Economist, "Throwing Away the Key," Nov. 13, 2013

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