... and disproportionately affect vulnerable people. I will be using many academic articles throughout this paper to give empirical support to the overall argument. History and Development A mandatory sentence is a fixed sanction prescribed by Parliament for committing certain crimes. A mandatory sentence can basically involve any type of sentence, but generally it deals with a mandatory prison sentence of a particular length. In ... and robberies with firearms, but Gabor (2001) countered this with evidence of higher crimes being committed by other weapons. He also states that Section 85 of ...

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