81.   The new package sharply increases mandatory minimum sentences meted out to first-time violent offenders and eliminates their chance for parole.

82.   The problem lies largely in the rigidity of mandatory minimum sentences, legislated by Congress and some states.

83.   The new mandatory sentence could apply to thousands of cases.

84.   The next, it paints Corzine as a bleeding-heart left-wing extremist who opposes the death penalty, mandatory criminal sentences and welfare reform.

85.   The regulations, especially mandatory minimum sentences, force judges to hand down automatic jail time regardless of the unique circumstances of a particular case.

86.   The resolution contained several other provisions beside the sentences for drug dealers, including mandatory minimum sentences for homicides and all other violent crimes involving homicides.

87.   The tampering with a witness charge, which carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole, was filed in relation to her death.

88.   The wasteful cruelty of mandatory minimum sentences cries out for reform, but we are unlikely to get it soon.

89.   Their turf wars escalated the war on drugs and prompted states and the federal government to set mandatory minimum sentences.

90.   There were similarly stark disagreements over the Big Dig, Medicare and mandatory minimum sentences.