Most of the adopted amendments were fairly bipartisan, as members from both parties approved amendment after amendment that increased penalties against drug dealers and added money to …

Who can influence the sentencing decision by agreeing to engage in plea negotiations and by arguing certain points to the judge to enhance the sentencing penalty?

Prior to the enactment of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, black people received sentences for drug-related crimes which were 11% longer than sentences received by whites who committed the same offense.

I n relevant part, the Eighth Amendment prohibits the government from subjecting individuals to "cruel and unusual punishments." 1 Throughout American history, the Cruel and Unusual Punishments …

Oct 5, 2004 · Over the next three decades, and in response to public alarm about drug abuse, the US Congress continuously amended the law to produce a more punitive system of drug control.

This chapter details the evolution of the American Law Institute’s (ALI’s) approach to criminal law reform, eventuating in the Model Penal Code (MPC). It begins with the pre-MPC committees and reports.

To the extent employers make decisions on workplace safety and health based on economic considerations, the Agency believes that the threat of a very high penalty for flagrant violations of the …

As a result of the 1990 Amendments, the CAA now allows penalties of "$25,000 per day for each violation." Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-549, sec. 701, § 113(b), 104 Stat, at …

to the extent possible, the number and amount of civil monetary penalties imposed pursuant to each provision of law providing for such civil monetary penalties, during the complete fiscal year preceding …

The False Claims Act: The original act set penalties at double the damages to the federal government, plus another penalty of $2000 for each individual false claim.