A criminal justice reform bill that doesn't end mandatory minimums isn't enough | Chandra Bozelko

Requiring judges to impose certain sentences regardless of the facts of the case or the circumstances of the defendants impedes rather than improves justiceToo often we forget that our judicial branch is supposed to be a criminal justice system, not a criminal sentencing system: sometimes convictions do not have to be made and sometimes punishments do not have to be severe (depending on the particular facts of the case) in order to achieve justice. But, though we might be moving away from the Wa