/tags/mandatory-minimum-sentencing mandatory minimum sentencing en-US Copyright Fri, 12 May 2017 11:45:00 GMT /breaking-news/2017-05-12/sessions-tells-prosecutors-to-seek-most-serious-charges-stricter-sentences The move, which was announced in a memo, reverses an Obama-era recommendation that asked federal prosecutors not to hit low-level drug offenders with charges that carry mandatory minimum sentences. Fri, 12 May 2017 11:45:00 GMT /breaking-news/2017-05-12/sessions-tells-prosecutors-to-seek-most-serious-charges-stricter-sentences Colin Dwyer /all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2013-10-02/the-new-move-to-amend-mandatory-minimum-sentences With prisons facing overcrowding and large racial disparities among inmates, a new move is afoot to amend mandatory minimum sentences. This hour, we'll… Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:14 GMT /all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2013-10-02/the-new-move-to-amend-mandatory-minimum-sentences admin