Federal Mandatory Minimum Charts

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• Complete list of federal mandatory minimum laws and their penalties:  This is the list of all federal mandatory minimum punishments in existence as of February 25, 2013. 
• Frequency of creation/expansion of federal mandatory minimums:  Ever wonder when the current mandatory minimums were created by Congress?  This chart shows how many mandatory minimum sentences Congress has created each year since 1987.  The timing may -- or may not -- surprise you.
• Mandatory minimums created, expanded, or increased between 2002-2012
• Federal mandatory minimums for drug crimes:
  • Mandatory minimum drug sentences, 21 U.S.C. § 841
  • Continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848
• Federal mandatory minimums for gun crimes:
  • Mandatory minimums for use or carrying a firearm, 21 U.S.C. § 924(c)
  • Mandatory minimums for armed career criminal act, 21 U.S.C. § 924(e)