{"id":86069,"date":"2018-08-15T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=86069"},"modified":"2019-11-06T10:31:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T15:31:42","slug":"86069","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/86069","title":{"rendered":"Sentencing Guidelines for Drugs: New Bill on Fentanyl, and the Fallacy of the \u201cTough-On-Crime\u201d Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
There is a bipartisan effort to get sensible about sentencing guidelines for drugs in Congress. The incredibly punitive mandatory-minimum sentencing guidelines for drugs currently in place have led to a major mass incarceration problem. It is a problem that does nothing but cost taxpayers far too much to jail so many citizens, and cost many low-level drug offenders their freedom for far too long.<\/p>\n
Yet, we live under an administration that has done its level best \u2013 with as much competence as this administration can muster \u2013 to change the conversation in the other direction about sentencing guidelines for drugs. So, while most of the well-meaning members of Congress are trying to do something slightly responsible with regard to sentencing reform, allies of the current administration in Congress are actually looking to increase<\/em> mandatory minimums, and even apply the death penalty<\/em> as part of the sentencing guidelines for drugs. It is an astounding example of the unreality in which some Trump allies dwell.<\/p>\nLowering the Amount of Fentanyl That Triggers Mandatory Minimums<\/h2>\n