He also said the introduction of mandatory sentencing for burglary should be considered.

There's also a financial benefit for states to eliminate mandatory sentencing.

In California they had a good law: mandatory sentencing.

It should be mandatory sentencing for every arts student.

Serpas went on to share that twenty seven states have reduced mandatory sentencing on non-violent offenses.

He accused the judiciary of not fully co-operating with the Oireachtas in relation to mandatory sentencing.

His view, for which there is increasing evidence, is that mandatory sentencing in general does not work.

The New Yorker, January 24, 1994 P. 6 Comment about mandatory sentencing.

Nothing better illustrates the irrationality of congressional anti-crime legislation than the passion among legislators for mandatory sentencing.

Zero-tolerance policing was invented, "three-strikes" laws were passed, mandatory sentencing was imposed, and new prisons were built.

Reducing mandatory sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders is currently front and center in the national debate on prison reform.

Describes how mandatory sentencing for drug offenders who are non-violent swells jail numbers and cause violent convicts to be released early.

The Law Reform Commission (LRC), in a report last year on mandatory sentencing, was critical of what the approach achieved.

Unfortunately, such legislation attracts less media attention than mandatory sentencing and the proposed Bill has yet to be approved by the Cabinet.

In March, the WA parliament passed legislation to strengthen existing mandatory sentencing laws, which experts warned could see more Aboriginal people incarcerated.

There are no plans for the introduction of mandatory sentencing in cases of assault causing harm, according to the Minister for Justice.