Mandatory minimum sentencing is unlikely to help solve this issue—or any other issue for that matter. It has a poor track record of reducing crime.

Attorney General Eric Holder, speaks about the mandatory minimum policy at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2013 annual legislative conference in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013.

President Donald Trump has not delivered on his pledge to have mandatory minimum sentences for criminals caught trying to re-enter the United States illegally. Trump supported a 2017 U.S. House of ...

Updated 5:10 p.m. The Senate push to reform mandatory minimum sentencing law began Wednesday with a photo opportunity: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) stopping for an ...

New mandatory minimum sentences for immigration offenses would be expensive, make immigration enforcement more difficult and divert public safety resources, Gill contends.

Nicole Mitchell, a DFL senator from Woodbury, is due to be sentenced at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at the Detroit Lakes Courthouse, ...

Mandatory minimum sentencing is proven to be bad policy. It won’t stop hate crimes Story by Lorana Bartels, Australian National University and Rick Sarre, University of South Australia • 2w ...