Accomplish Quote by Paul Martin

Mandatory minimums are focused on punishment, not rehabilitation.

— Ralph Northam

One way to reduce crime and save lives is to target criminals who use guns with tough mandatory minimums.

— Donald Trump

He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does…

— Carly Simon

The crime bill basically incentivized the prison system. There were quotas, mandatory minimums. You have to serve 85 percent of your time, so it…

— Malcolm Jenkins

Not only are mandatory minimum laws overly punitive and discriminatory, but they're also expensive. Prison is not free. Governments, and ultimately taxpayers, bear the…

— Ralph Northam

The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal…

— Anthony Kennedy

Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict is rendered.

— Michelle Alexander

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

— John Ruskin

“Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses are the prime reason that the U.S. prison population has ballooned since the 1980s to over 2.5 million…

— Piper Kerman

That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the consequences of…

— Thabo Mbeki

“Almost all crime depends on the acquiescence of the victim. If the victim refuses his assigned role, the criminal is placed at a disadvantage…

— Robert A. Heinlein

I'm not for laws. We need a minimum of laws.

— Nigel Farage