Minimum Mandatory Penalties are Excessively Awful
The “tough on crime” mentality has motivated the various states and federal government to tighten their criminal laws for all offenses, violent or not. This was a conservative battle cry for many years. While this mentality is fundamentally flawed, it has scared, cajoled, and motivated the unwitting public into craving tougher, harsher penalties for offenders without mercy. The results are in,…















