The current mandatory minimum sentences were enacted in a 1986 drug bill. Just as in 2019, here’s a review of major changes states adopted in 2020. * Bill Text: A3844: Concerns business interruption insurance during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids man has been sentenced to a minimum of nearly six years in prison for a deadly 2019 overdose that … The vast majority of this group was involved in drug trafficking (96%), while only 0.8% were serving time for possession in 2013. Jump to the sections on: the death penalty, drug policy, early release and parole, youth justice, policing, fines and fees, pretrial detention, trials and sentencing, voting rights, expungement and re-entry, prison gerrymandering— and then there’s more. ... A murderous drug kingpin from Detroit was released from a life sentence amid the COVID-19 crisis — then ordered back behind bars by a federal appeals court. Myers faces up to 20 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $1,000,000. Drug trafficking sentences were decreased for some because 21% of offenders were minors or had minimal participation in the crime; and 34% of offenders met safety valve criteria in sentencing guidelines. Johnson pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, 2021, to using a communication facility for drug trafficking. She is scheduled to be sentenced on July 12, 2021, and faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison. EEO POLICY STATEMENT . Ja’Ron Smith, one of the highest-ranking African American officials in the White House, has announced he’s leaving the administration. Implements sentencing recommendations of the Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission to eliminate certain mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment; eliminates mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for crime of official misconduct. Suspects in 2020 Michigan kidnapping plot to stand trial in March. Eliminates the special sentencing provisions under current law for dangerous special offenders, youth offenders, young adult offenders, and drug addicts, but provides for these categories of offenders under the proposed sentencing guidelines. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant. The new mandatory minimum sentencing laws created a rise in prison populations due to drug charges. First-degree murder convictions typically draw the harshest sentences of any crime. The Sentencing Commission was created in 1987 to combat sentencing disparities across jurisdictions. As with the elements of the crime and defenses available, sentencing can vary from state to state. Authorities issued a warrant for Baldwin on Feb. 26, 2020, around the time Baldwin left Michigan for Kentucky. February 12, 2021. 1 About half of the federal prison population is serving time for drug offenses. In terms of punishment of drug traffickers in 2016: 7% were sentenced to federal prison. Police in Radcliff, Kentucky, on March 8 received a call of suspected drug … Federal sentencing guidelines take into account not only the amount of cannabis involved in the arrest but also the past convictions of the accused. Human Resources Department Current Openings RSS.