Mandatory Minimum Sentences Mandatory minimum sentences are a big problem in today’s society. People like drug dealers and other petty crimes can get off pretty much scot-free in today’s judiciary system. These people are treated with such benevolence that their sentences are virtually repealed or they only have to serve a fraction of the time they are sentenced to. And even then it is not served in jail as it should be, but …showed first 75 words of 992 total…

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