Mandatory minimum sentences are automatic, minimum prison terms set by Congress. Judges in the U.S. are required to base their sentences on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, mandatory minimum sentencing laws, or both. In 1986 the U.S. Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act which enacted new mandatory minimum sentences for drugs. People caught with 5 grams of crack cocaine were given jail sentences of 5 years without parole (the same sentence as people caught with 500 grams). The legislation was in response to the moral panic involving the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980’s. In 201…
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@93PTKFV3yrs3Y
A manditory sentance should be decided based on the drug and the amount. A person convicted of 5 grams of meth should have a lesser sentence that a person convicted of 10 grams of cocaine.
@887SFZP4yrs4Y
No, and I do not support prison sentences for people charged with drug possession at all
@8MPMCCN4yrs4Y
@8LMSNNL4yrs4Y
Not for weed but more for heroin cocaine and etc
@8CKYSF65yrs5Y
Yes, for dealers. Those who have been caught using should be required by state to get clean and stay clean for 5 years. Other laws should be put in place for not following the protocol and/or relapsing after the 5 years
@8N4XTQW4yrs4Y
I support it to an extent, but I also think that the law is sometimes too hard on them.
@8JMDM4L4yrs4Y
either way this will not stop the dealers from dealing and the users from using.
@8KJZDQR4yrs4Y
No, but enforce addiction intervention and increase funding for addiction recovery programs.
@8L6S7574yrs4Y
Yes, only if there is evidence of use.
@8LXB5GL4yrs4Y
I think that people that have the possession of drugs and are in jail should go through classes to help them while they are in jail.
@8SDQWHZ4yrs4Y
I believe instead of putting people charged with drug posession in jail and then letting them out, programs should be in place in jail so that they can become clean and never have to go back, reducing overcrowding over time.
@8WCBYGM3yrs3Y
both drug dealers and drug users should be arrested .
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