This Committee has heard a lot of testimony on mandatory minimums. They have been found to waste the taxpayers' money, do nothing about crime, and often result in sentences that are violative of common sense.
Jim Sensenbrenner: “This Committee has heard a lot of testimony on mandatory minimums. They have been found to waste the taxpayers' money…”
On the recordMarch 12, 2013
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Sensenbrenner criticizes mandatory minimum sentencing for being ineffective and wasteful.
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