"The Current Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Scheme has Failed"

 Please Sign “Ramos-Compean Justice Act of 2009.” H.R. 3327 

On July 24, Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) and Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 3327, the “Ramos-Compean Justice Act of 2009.” H.R. 3327 would allow courts to sentence below a mandatory minimum when, after looking at all the relevant facts and circumstances of the case and considering the purposes of punishment, imposing a mandatory minimum sentence would violate 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), a federal law that requires the sentence be no greater than necessary to comply with the purposes of punishment.

The current mandatory minimum sentencing scheme has failed and is morally unacceptable besides costing taxpayers billions that could be used for education, vocational training and rehabilitation.