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  2. Mandatory sentencing - Wikipedia

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    Booker mandatory minimum penalties on federal sentencing by the United States Sentencing Commission. [ 18 ] [ clarification needed ] In 2013, United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. announced that the Justice Department would follow a new policy restricting mandatory minimum sentences in certain drug cases.

  3. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This period is often between 1 and 3 years (on the short end) and 5–50 years on the upper end. The legislature generally sets a short, mandatory minimum sentence that an offender must spend in prison (e.g. one-third of the minimum sentence, or one-third of the high end of a sentence).

  4. 1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 11 - Wikipedia

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    Measure 11, also known as "One Strike You're Out", [2] was a citizens' initiative passed in 1994 in the U.S. State of Oregon.This statutory enactment established mandatory minimum sentencing for several crimes.

  5. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Offense Mandatory Sentencing Second Degree Murder Any term of years or life imprisonment without parole (There is no federal parole, U.S. sentencing guidelines offense level 38: 235–293 months with a clean record, 360 months–life with serious past offenses)

  6. Criminal justice advocates gearing up for sentencing reform ...

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    Advocates, lawmakers and impacted families plan on holding seven rallies across the state on Wednesday in support of a package of bills that would eliminate mandatory-minimum sentencing, allow ...

  7. 7-year-old's killer gets 60 years to life. He asked for a ...

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    Ismael faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 35 years in state prison for committing a premeditated homicide as a juvenile. If he had been an adult, he would have received a mandatory sentence of ...

  8. United States constitutional sentencing law - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court has held that every fact that increases the maximum authorized sentence or minimum mandatory sentence must be named in the charging instrument, submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt—whether or not statutory law labels that fact as an element of the offense or a sentencing factor. [25]

  9. Why some states are reforming minimum sentencing ... - AOL

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