Mandatory Penalties¶
Tonry, M. (1992). Mandatory Penalties. Crime and Justice, 243-273.
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- A fixed grid enforces uniformity even where cases differ in ways it cannot represent — the hazard familiar from zero-tolerance and mandatory-minimum schemes, where a rigid penalty applied regardless of context produces outcomes widely seen as unjust.
This sourceFinds that mandatory penalties can require sanctions more severe than case participants regard as appropriate.
- A fixed grid enforces uniformity even where cases differ in ways it cannot represent — the hazard familiar from zero-tolerance and mandatory-minimum schemes, where a rigid penalty applied regardless of context produces outcomes widely seen as unjust.
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