Opinion: How mandatory minimums have failed justice and public safety By Aniketh Naidu Jun 11, 2026 Jun 11, 2026 0 123rf.com Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Aniketh Naidu We designed a sentencing system to catch drug kingpins, but we built a trapdoor that only snaps shut on America鈥檚 poor.kAmu@C 564256D[ E96 ?2E:@?2= 2AAC@249 E@ 5CF8 4C:>6 92D DHF?8 =:<6 2 A6?5F=F> 36EH66? E96 6IEC6>6 =6?:6?4J @7 E96 `hf_D 2?5 E96 Q(2C @? sCF8DQ :? E96 `hg_D] x? 2 56DA6C2E6 D62C49 7@C 4=2C:EJ[ =2H>2<6CD :? (2D9:?8E@? 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