Sentence examples for minimum statutes from inspiring English sources

At a committee hearing in September, he surprised observers by likening mandatory minimum statutes to the racist policies of the Jim Crow era, signaling a conservative shift on the tough-on-crime policies championed by Nixon and Reagan.

The Smarter Sentencing Act, introduced last summer by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill)., and Mike Lee (R-Utah), would reform the nation's mandatory minimum statutes, which require judges to impose fixed sentences on people convicted of drug offenses, even when the judges deem those sentences excessively severe.

It was based on mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, not on sentencing guidelines.

Yet 21 states have enacted minimum wage statutes for home care workers, and 15 mandate minimum wage and overtime pay, without any apparent crisis.

But it is crucial to remember that many mandatory minimum sentencing statutes were initially enacted as reactions to the inconsistent and frequently unfair sentences imposed by judges.

Such political empowerment boosts income equality by various means from minimum wage statutes and collective bargaining, to public education and progressive taxation.

U.N. expert bodies charged with monitoring countries' compliance with their human rights obligations have condemned racial disparities in the US criminal justice system, and called on the US government to address the "school-to-prison pipeline" and reform mandatory minimum sentencing statutes.

Douglas R. Loving, who in 1992 was given a 20-year sentence for child sexual abuse, argued that his work as a drying machine operator in a Texas prison mandated credits to his inmate account under the minimum wage statute.

In the EU, Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden are the only countries that don't have a minimum wage by statute.

Among EU members, Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden are the only countries that don't have a minimum wage by statute.

"In some cases, mandatory minimum and recidivist enhancement statutes have resulted in unduly harsh sentences and perceived or actual disparities that do not reflect our Principles of Federal Prosecution.