Mandatory minimum sentences have been studied and have been shown to disrupt normal intelligent sentencing processes, waste the taxpayers' money, do nothing to reduce crime, violat...
To increase the risk, you have to increase the investigation and prosecution.
I would hope that in order to get some of these mandatory minimums off the books, the first thing we have to do is stop passing new ones.
The point of eliminating a mandatory minimum is it eliminates the requirement that the judge mindlessly impose a simple-minded sentence that...
I think that is fair.
Federal court, where you have the draconian mandatory minimums, have been shown to have a discriminatory impact.
Research indicates the demand reduction through prevention, education, and treatment is much more effective than supply reduction through in...
I am pleased to join you in convening this oversight hearing on our Nation's Drug Enforcement Agency.
You are adding to the crime rather than detracting from it.
You don't have a position supporting mandatory minimums as a crime-fighting tool?
What is the policy of the DEA on mandatory minimums?