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Committee Advances End to Mandatory Minimum Sentences


The Virginia State Capitol. (Photo: Craig Carper/VPM News)
A bill to end mandatory minimum sentences in Virginia cleared its first hurdle in the General Assembly Monday. 
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the legislation 9-6, and referred it to the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.  
Proponents of the bill say mandatory minimum sentences do not reduce crime, as they are purported to do. They also say they’re disproportionately imposed on people of color. According to the Virginia Department of Corrections, Black people have more mandatory minimum sentences than their white counterparts. Proponents of the change also say they tie the hands of judges and juries, who are expected to use discretion in sentencing.  ....

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