Mandatory Sentencing Laws

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  Use the issue of minimum mandatory sentencing as a basis for discussion.

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  Mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines have infringed upon the autonomy that judges had in regard to philosophical rationales for sentencing defendants when presiding over presented facts.

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