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Defendants are regularly condemned to years, decades, or life in prison for minor infractions because of minimum sentencing statutes. If judges had more discretion in sentencing, then sentences could be more proportional to the crime, more specific to the individual defendant, and minimize the negative impact of minimum sentencing laws without inherently needing those laws repealed.

A liberal group wants Philly DA Larry Krasner on the Supreme Court. Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court.

““Our courts are filled with former prosecutors, but it’s been nearly 30 years since the Supreme Court has had a justice with a criminal defense background," Demand Justice cofounder Christopher Kang, a former deputy council to President Barack Obama, said in an emailed statement. “That is why Larry Krasner, who has been on the front lines fighting for a criminal justice system that works for everyone, is exactly the kind of bold champion for progressive values who can restore balance to the Supreme Court."“

Philadelphia Inquirer

October 18, 2019

JudgesPhillip ReevesOctober 18, 2019Philadelphia Inquirer, Larry Krasner, SCOTUSComment

U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider split jury verdicts, prompted by New Orleans case

“The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will reconsider whether felony defendants in state court can be convicted by divided juries, a move that has the potential to rewrite decades of precedent and affect an untold number of cases in the two states that have allowed it: Louisiana and Oregon.“

The New Orleans Advocate

March 18, 2019

SentencingPhillip ReevesMarch 18, 2019The Advocate, New Orleans, SCOTUSComment

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