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This legislation instantly caused incarceration rates to skyrocket, commonly sentencing minor,
nonviolent offenders to lengthy prison terms. This essay will argue that mandatory minimum
sentences are incongruent with the concept of justice, that they impede the autonomy of judges
and that they are a major catalyst in the mass incarceration epidemic that has engulfed America.
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