Report to Congress: Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Dec. 07, 2011
ANNOTATION: “This report assesses the impact of mandatory minimum penalties on federal sentencing, particularly in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Booker v. United States, which rendered the federal sentencing guidelines advisory.” Twelve chapters follow an executive summary: overview; history of mandatory minimum penalties and the Sentencing Guidelines; the interaction between mandatory minimum penalties and the Sentencing Guidelines; changes in the federal criminal justice system, mandatory minimum penalties, and the federal prison population; policy views about mandatory minimum penalties; the use of mandatory minimum penalties in selected districts; statistical overview of mandatory minimum penalties; mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses; mandatory minimum penalties for firearm offenses; mandatory minimum penalties for sex offenses; mandatory minimum penalties for identity theft offenses; and conclusions and recommendations. Appendixes include: Current Statutory Provisions Requiring Mandatory Minimum Terms of Imprisonment; Pending Mandatory Minimum Legislation; Empirical Analysis of Mandatory Minimums – Tables and Figures; and Brief Review of Case Law Relating to Mandatory Minimum Sentences. Only 14.5% of all federal offenders were subject to mandatory minimum penalties at sentencing with Black offenders having the highest rate followed by White offenders, Hispanics, and then other races.
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