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Originally Posted by dirtymind
i don't think they can do this, i am sure if they lock him up, it will cause problems with human rights organisation no matter what the law is, this sounds very much like china, we made the law so we apply to the letter. Its just insane to ruin some ones life just because its a written law that is so not correct.
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minimum mandatory type sentencing is controversial in America, it takes away power from judges and juries to make any decisions, there are non profits fighting it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_sentencing
there are people in the us that get 6 months mandatory jail for a single marijuana joint.