#127 Getting Rid of Mandatory Minimums

Criminal (In)justice
Criminal (In)justice
Episode • Nov 3, 2020 • 40m

Mandatory minimum sentences helped fill prisons in the U.S., and they played a substantial role in the mass incarceration we see now. What were these sentences supposed to do, and where did they go wrong? Most importantly, how do we get rid of them? 


Our guest is Kevin Ring, the President of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a Washington D.C. advocacy group that has fought mandatory minimum sentences for years.



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