Color Quote by Ralph Northam

The main goal in any criminal statute is to produce what's best for the victim. And sometimes, a mandatory minimum doesn't accomplish that.

— Paul Martin

Mandatory minimums are focused on punishment, not rehabilitation.

— Ralph Northam

Let's be clear: the worst offenders in our state, who commit heinous crimes, must be kept away from our communities. That is a matter…

— Wes Moore

We need to change sentencing laws that disproportionately hurt people of color.

— Ralph Northam

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

If the minimum wasn't acceptable it wouldn't be called the minimum.

— Daniel Tosh

In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil of racial and religious intolerance.

— Barry O'Farrell

Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system.

— J. B. Pritzker

While no community is immune to the impacts of COVID-19, I'm troubled by the disparate impact to communities of color.

— Mikie Sherrill

I believe that sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity is important, and nuanced, even more so when it intersects with the issue of…

— Gene Weingarten

“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

The bottom line is, our law enforcement is tasked with protecting us from harm - not with creating it by levying penalties for 'offenses'…

— Kat Timpf