Sakira CookMar 9
Here’s a quick summary of sources of racial disparity in the criminal justice system nationwide…
Nazgol Ghandnoosh
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Mandatory minimum sentencing laws require judges to administer prison terms of a particular length for people convicted of certain federal and state crimes. At the federal level, most mandatory minimum sentences apply to drug offenses, but Congress has also enacted them for other crimes, including certain gun and economic offenses.
A recent report issue by the Colson Task force on Federal Corrections, explored the current make up of the federal prison population, and concluded almost 50% of people in federal prison are there for committing low level drug offenses.
