Should there be mandatory minimum sentences for rape? | The Tylt

Why is there a mandatory minimum sentence for drugs but not a mandatory minimum sentence for rape?

— HNH (@Catf1sh) August 30, 2016

I don't get how a rape conviction doesn't carry a mandatory minimum prison sentence. https://t.co/CtUcRovOSt

— YesBiscuit (@YesBiscuit) August 23, 2016

@HuffingtonPost The punishment in this case is reprehensible. Need mandatory jail sentence laws for rape with sexual offender status.

— Adele (@Contented2851) August 11, 2016

1) I'm torn on mandatory sentences; as @popehat will tell you, they disproportionately impact minorities & poor. https://t.co/xuec6NdE2c

— Katherine Keller (@sequentialkady) August 30, 2016

2) Entitled white dude-bros will feel their impact the least. OTOH, *something* had to be done & a brief jail term for rape is injustice

— Katherine Keller (@sequentialkady) August 30, 2016

ICYMI, here's why a new mandatory minimum for sexual assault is a bad idea. Hope Gov won't sign, but sure he will https://t.co/v08kVXqCDr

— Alexandra Brodsky (@azbrodsky) August 30, 2016

@fiddiddler @NPR False binary. You can stop over-criminalizing things that don't make sense, and start properly criminalizing things that do

— Alejandra Cervantes (@alejcerv) August 30, 2016

Brock Turner's jail sentence was incredibly lenient, but he did not get off easy. He'll be on the sex offender registry for life.

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) August 30, 2016

Of course Turner's race and privilege gained him an unfair advantage. Of course the system treats black defendants worse, and that's wrong.

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) August 30, 2016