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Early mandatory minimums and American punishment
1950-60s
Changing attitudes on sentencing
States move toward mandatory minimums
1980s: the heyday on mandatory sentences
The 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act
1990s: the next phase
Signs of reform
Who is in prison?
Acknowledging injustice
The politics of policy: crime bill '93
Another look at drug weight
104th Congress: the good and the bad
2000: another look at mandatory sentencing
FAMM helps modify harsh drug bills in Virginia
2001: Year begins with commutations
2002: Spotlight turns to crack cocaine sentencing
2003: Congress limits judicial discretion with PROTECT Act
2004: Chief justice scolds Congress
Supreme Court decisions make sentencing guidelines advisory
New York reduces drug sentences
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