There are literally no benefits from mandatory minimum sentencing. The only thing that years of it have done to Atlasia is fill up our prisons with petty or non-violent offenders.
shua, would this amendment also do away with "three strikes" laws? If not, I think we should make clear that those should be prohibited as well.
My understanding of three strikes laws is that they work by having a mandatory minimum sentence for a third crime or conviction, so yes, they would be covered by this amendment.
Great. Thanks for clarifying.
