For or against mandatory minimum sentences?
Repeat offenders should get an automatic minimum sentence.
- Strongly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Somewhat disagree
- Strongly disagree
What's at stake: The debate pits the deterrence of a sentence known in advance against a judge's freedom to fit the punishment to each situation.
The left's argument
Automatic sentences prevent judges from fitting the punishment to each situation.
The right's argument
A repeat offender must know a minimum sentence awaits them. It deters, and it's fair.
And you, where do you stand?
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