Drug Sentencing Poll Finds Most Oppose Mandatory Minimums

Published September 3, 2013

Drug Sentencing Poll Finds Most Oppose Mandatory Minimums

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The 38 percent of respondents to the new poll who said that typical drug sentences are too harsh is an increase over a 2006 National Center for State Courts survey (accessed using the Roper Center's iPoll database) that found that only 23 percent of …
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After Supreme Court Ruling, States Act on Juvenile Sentences

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… future cases. State Supreme Courts in Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts and Colorado will likely consider the retroactivity question this fall, said Marsha Levick, chief counsel at the Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group for youth …
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