Mandatory minimum sentences

[Jazzy]

Erin Moriarty interviews a Florida man who fired a warning shot to protect his daughter. He scared off her assailant -- and is now serving 20 years behind bars, because of the state's mandatory minimum sentencing laws.

Are mandatory minimum sentences an injustice?

 

[Webster]

Are mandatory minimum sentences an injustice?

Let me think....yes. The problem w/mandatory minimums is that they take sentencing discretion out of the hands of the judiciary and puts them in the hands of legislators who seem to think they know more about the legal system than the judges themselves. They are, in essence, the legal version of school no-tolerance policies and are just as dumb.