Article: Mandatory sentencing not overcrowding jails.

Article: MassINC report doesn't call for higher taxes
The Boston Globe;  June 16, 1998 ;     370 words ... ... Metro news story, "Debate brings out the Weld, Dukakis we know and love," incorrectly reported that the MassINC report, "Lessons Learned: 25 Years of State and Economic Policy," recommended "triggers for raising taxes again ...

Article: Mandatory sentences take hit Critics say rules ...
The Boston Globe;  February 18, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... push for more and tougher mandatory sentences to fight crime, prisons in ... and some judges are cursing mandatory sentences as ineffective, unfair and unrealistic. Critics say mandatory sentences result from politicians talking ...

Article: MANY JUDGES OPPOSED TO MANDATORY SENTENCES.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 15, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... Lawrence Irving was so upset about mandatory sentences he resigned from the U.S. District ... misses the point." Critics say the mandatory sentences treat offenders too much the same ... turn in. And, critics say, the mandatory sentences still lead to uneven terms because ...

Article: Costly mandatory sentences don't halt ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  October 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... lawmakers swerve'), but because mandatory sentences are expensive and don't work to ... support this legislation. Longer, mandatory sentences that don't include dollars for ... problem of drunken driving. Longer mandatory sentences, with no judicial discretion ...

Article: Liacos: Mandatory sentences failing
The Boston Globe;  October 19, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... bargain down charges to avoid stiff mandatory sentences by forfeiting assets. Street ... serving the hard time. The minimum-mandatory sentences range from two years for selling ... proceed slowly and not to abolish mandatory sentences until another structure is developed ...

Article: Judge rejects mandatory sentences Balks at ...
The Boston Globe;  March 13, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... yesterday not to impose 30-year mandatory sentences for five men convicted of trying ... should be determined by a jury. Mandatory sentences require that a person committing ... should decide it," Mazzone said. Mandatory sentences have been criticized by judges and ...

Transcript: Analysis: New York state Legislature votes to reduce some ...
NPR Morning Edition;  December 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Legislature votes to reduce some mandatory sentences for drug offenses Host: STEVE INSKEEP ... first states to institute long, mandatory sentences for drug offenders. These laws ... followed New York, creating long, mandatory sentences even for low-level first offenders ...