Mandatory Minimum Sentence
6/21/16 A recent report by the New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice indicated a national trend in the reduction of violent crime, including an overall 7% reduction in the national imprisonment rate. Unlike every other state, Arizona requires even non-violent offenders to serve 85% of their sentence. Arizona also has…
4/15/16 A 75-year-old disabled Vet in Alabama was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a personal marijuana possession conviction, because he had previous (twenty years old) felony convictions for armed robbery. This New York Times editorial piece examines the injustices of mandatory life sentence requirements in personal-use marijuana cases;…