Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

Author: Margaret Haerens

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13:

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Offers opposing viewpoints on mandatory minimum sentencing to give the reader both sides of the legal debate.


Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes

Author: Charles Doyle

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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This report discusses the federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, that limits the discretion of a sentencing court to impose a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment or the death penalty. The United States Sentencing Commission's Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System (2011) recommends consideration of amendments to several of the statutes under which federal mandatory minimum sentences are most often imposed.


Federal Sentencing the Basics

Federal Sentencing the Basics

Author: United States Sentencing Commission

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781688991422

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This paper provides an overview of the federal sentencing system. For historicalcontext, it first briefly discusses the evolution of federal sentencing during the past fourdecades, including the landmark passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA),1 inwhich Congress established a new federal sentencing system based primarily on sentencingguidelines, as well as key Supreme Court decisions concerning the guidelines. It thendescribes the nature of federal sentences today and the process by which such sentencesare imposed. The final parts of this paper address appellate review of sentences; therevocation of offenders' terms of probation and supervised release; the process whereby theUnited States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) amends the guidelines; and theCommission's collection and analysis of sentencing data.


Gun Control Legislation in the 113th Congress

Gun Control Legislation in the 113th Congress

Author: William J. Krouse

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781508708933

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This report looks at past gun control legislation and also how recent events (such as the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Aurora, Colorado, and Tucson, Arizona) have influenced current congressional discourse and legislation. The report also specifically examines certain contentious, gun related topics including universal background checks, gun trafficking, and military style firearms.