Check out the 10 most outrageous mandatory minimum sentences, highlighting the complexities of the justice system.

OPPOSITION AT THE STATEHOUSE. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S OPIOID CRISIS NOW STRETCHES BACK ALMOST A FULL DECADE. A NEW GOVERNOR WILL INHERIT THE FIGHT IN JANUARY. KELLY AYOTTE DID A RIDE ALONG WITH AMR IN ...

ADDING MORE PROVISIONS TO THE BILL AND HOPES IT CAN PASS. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ATTEMPTING A COMPROMISE ON A BILL TO IMPOSE MANDATORY MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCES FOR POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL, ...

A plan that would both toughen sentences for fentanyl crimes and relax penalties for hallucinogenic mushroom possession in New Hampshire died in the State House on Thursday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte has ...

The Iowa House and Senate are sending a bill to the governor that increases the required minimum sentence for repeat felony offenders.

A bipartisan effort to strengthen penalties for violent attacks on law enforcement officers is moving forward in Pennsylvania, following a shooting that nearly ...

While the Obama administration has spent the past several months rolling out piecemeal sentencing reforms for non-violent drug offenders, states have already taken a hatchet to mandatory minimum ...

BISMARCK — People convicted of human trafficking crimes in North Dakota could see mandatory minimum prison sentences after the Senate approved a bill Tuesday, April 1, establishing stricter penalties ...