The state Supreme Court’s decision tossing the mandatory minimum sentencing scheme for drug-free school zones effectively strikes down numerous mandatory minimum sentencing laws in the state, and leaves the question of whether these schemes will return in the hands of the General Assembly, according to court watchers.
“It’s a total game-changer,” said David Zellis, a defense attorney and former Bucks County first assistant district attorney. Mandatory minimums are “almost a bedrock of the criminal justice system in Pennsylvania.”
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