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At Issue: Should Mandatory Sentences Be Abolished?, Steven L. Chanenson, Douglas A. Berman
At Issue: Should Mandatory Sentences Be Abolished?, Steven L. Chanenson, Douglas A. Berman
Steven L. Chanenson
No sentencing structure can always guarantee the indisputably "right" result. But we should strive for greater fairness and effectiveness through nuanced sentencing guidelines and appellate review. Mandatory minimums within such a system are a tool of prosecutorial power masquerading as an instrument of justice.