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NEW POLL: Americans Oppose Mandatory Minimums,Will Vote for Candidates Who Feel the Same

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

NEW POLL: Americans Oppose Mandatory Minimums,Will Vote for Candidates Who Feel the Same August 25, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A new poll released today by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) shows widespread support for ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenses and that Americans will vote for candidates who feel the same way. · Fully 78 percent of Americans (nearly eight in 10) agree that courts ? not Congress ? should determine an individual?s prison sentence. · Six in 10 (59 percent) oppose mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders. · A majority of Americans (57 percent) polled said they would likely vote for a candidate for Congress who would eliminate all mandatory minimums for nonviolent crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 03, 2008 (boomark / email).