Article: MANDATORY SENTENCING UNDER FIRE

Article: Fed: US expert says mandatory sentencing hasn t ...
AAP General News (Australia);  April 19, 2000 ;     328 words ... ... April 19 AAP - Mandatory sentencing was not an effective ... after 10 years of mandatory sentencing laws in most states ... wide debate over mandatory sentencing laws in the Northern ... Rutgers University, New Jersey. AAP jb/sb ...

Article: Overhauling New Jersey's sentencing laws
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... organizer on the FAMM staff in New Jersey. "The weakest of the ... to eliminate prisons in New Jersey, but to put discretion ... excessive penalties required by mandatory sentencing laws, has 1,500 members in New Jersey. Several more information ...

Article: The inhumanity of mandatory sentencing
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  July 15, 2004 ;     675 words ... ... 2004 The inhumanity of mandatory sentencing By FRANK P. LUCIANNA Date ... sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for a drug offense ... that could be imposed under New Jersey sentencing guidelines. The ... consequences of these laws are that New Jersey, at ...

Article: In N.C. Case, Justices Return To Mandatory ...
The Washington Post;  March 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... follow-on to the court's decision two years ago in Apprendi v. New Jersey. In that case, the court, by a 5 to 4 vote, struck down a judge's decision to increase a New Jersey man's sentence beyond the maximum that would otherwise have been ...

Article: New Jersey's Ground-Breaking Supreme Court; Rulings ...
The Washington Post;  December 28, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... are binding only in New Jersey, they have fueled ... and lawmakers. "The New Jersey Supreme Court is as ... it also has upheld mandatory sentencing and drug paraphernalia ... abortions. In 1947, a new New Jersey constitution replaced ...

Article: CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY: GOV. FLORIO ...
PR Newswire;  August 4, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... convicted criminals in New Jersey. His comments were ... working and opposes mandatory sentencing on any additional crimes ... managing editor of the New Jersey Reporter magazine ... Television Network of New Jersey. CTN leases the production ...

Article: MANDATORY SENTENCING.(mandatory ...
Arena Magazine;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... detained under the Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing regime, captured the nation's attention ... government to override state and territory mandatory sentencing laws. Mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory and Western ...