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100			_aPrice, Mary,
245		0	_aMandatory Minimums in the Federal System: Turning a Blind Eye.... _cMary Price.
260			_bHuman Rights, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005. _nArticle 73, _pInstitutions, _x1522-3256;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500			_aOriginally Published: Mandatory Minimums in the Federal System: Turning a Blind Eye..., Winter 2004; pp. 8-10.
520			_a"In his August 2003 speech at the American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy urged the association to speak out against mandatory minimums. His request was timely--Congress had just added new mandatory minimums to the criminal code, and others were in the works. Many observers warned that the federal sentencing guidelines soon might be little more than mandatory minimums, replete with the terrible inequities and disparities that characterize them." (HUMAN RIGHTS) This article examines opposition to mandatory minimums in the federal justice system.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
610			_aAmerican Bar Association
650			_aCriminal justice _xAdministration of
650			_aEquality before the law
650			_aFederal courts
650			_aJudicial discretion
650			_aMandatory sentences
610			_aU.S. _bSentencing Commission
630			_aViolent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act _d1994
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005, _pInstitutions. _x1522-3256;
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