mandatory sentence

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a court-determined punishment that a convicted person must receive for a specific crime

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  • The judge imposed a mandatory sentence for the drug offense.
  • Activists are fighting against the strict mandatory sentence laws.
  • He received a mandatory sentence of ten years due to the severity of the crime.
  • Many legal reforms aim to reduce the impact of mandatory sentence guidelines.
  • The new legislation includes a mandatory sentence for certain violent crimes.
  • There is a debate about the fairness of a mandatory sentence for first-time offenders.
  • Her lawyer argued that a mandatory sentence would be unjust in her case.
  • The criminal justice system often relies on mandatory sentence policies.
  • A mandatory sentence leaves little room for judicial discretion.
  • They are campaigning to abolish the mandatory sentence for petty theft.