Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term of imprisonment for certain crimes, commonly serious or violent offenses. Judges are...

justia.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012. "Mandatory life without parole for juveniles: A state-by-state look at sentencing". The Washington times. Associated...

there is no parole in the federal system. Life or any lesser sentence of years, with a mandatory minimum of dismissal or dishonorable discharge. For the first...

Families Against Mandatory Minimums, famm.org, accessed October 24, 2010. "U.S. Sentencing Commission Votes to Make Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Reforms Retroactive"...

the crime. Habitual offender laws may provide for mandatory sentencing—in which a minimum sentence must be imposed, or may allow judicial discretion in...

Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) is an American nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1991 to challenge mandatory sentencing laws and advocate...

Sentencing guidelines define a recommended sentencing range for a criminal defendant, based upon characteristics of the defendant and of the criminal...

consideration prior offenses when sentencing. However, there is a more recent history of mandatory prison sentences for repeat offenders. For example...

States Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that set out a uniform policy for sentencing individuals and...

A custodial sentence is a judicial sentence, imposing a punishment consisting of mandatory custody of the convict, either in prison or in some other closed...