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A single mother addicted to drugs. A man so desperate to pay for medical treatment that he tried unsuccessfully to sell methamphetamines. A guy busted for selling LSD and another who got in trouble for selling marijuana.One thing all four of these victims of the drug war have in common is that they've been sentenced to spend many years in jail, regardless of whether the judges of their cases even wanted that outcome.Listen to Alex Kreit, professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, explain why people like these can face jail time more than twice as long as if they'd hijacked an airplane, detonated a bomb in public, or even committed second-degree murder.► More videos in this series:3 Things You NEED to Know About Mandatory Minimum Sentencinghttp://bit.ly/1v2wVAH4 Reasons to be Optimistic About Mandatory Minimumshttp://bit.ly/1pg3tdl► Sources:Life Without Parole (complete report):https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/111813-lwop-complete-report.pdf► Learn More:Sentenced to DIE behind bars for a nonviolent crime? Read more here.http://bit.ly/1v1Xsy3Sentencing 101 (article): Families Against Mandatory Minimums explains the idea with an example of marijuana prohibition.http://bit.ly/1peDToQLess Time, Less Crime (article): Julie Stewart discusses recent moves to reform mandatory minimums.http://bit.ly/1peE2ZoReconsidering Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Arguments for and Against Potential Reforms (article): Evan Bernick and Paul Larkin discuss the pros and cons in the context of the drug laws.http://herit.ag/1peEqHjRand Paul Is Right About the Injustice of Mandatory Drug Minimums (article): Jacob Sullum discusses examples of the phenomenon in response to the politician's plea for reform.http://onforb.es/1peELdg► For transcripts, audio, and more click here:http://bit.ly/1v2B9YX► http://LearnLiberty.org► http://twitter.com/LearnLiberty► http://google.com/+LearnLiberty► http://facebook.com/LearnLiberty► http://youtube.com/user/LearnLiberty
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