Stop Mandatory Minimums Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-mandatory-minimums.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 3 Apr 2026 09:54 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition MRS Billie Oneill [Signature #389] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21910325?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:46:18 UTC 21910325 Mrs. Janet Crump [Signature #388] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21488753?utm_medium=rss I am one of the mothers of an offender that's currently in this Broken and often unforgotten system unless it hit home for you. My call came for my son Brandon Weston.

]]> Thu, 6 Jul 2017 03:08:42 UTC 21488753 Ms. Amanda Gunsam [Signature #387] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21260476?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:36:17 UTC 21260476 Audrey Hudgins [Signature #386] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21245671?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:20:59 UTC 21245671 Darby Christopher [Signature #385] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20947443?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:19:48 UTC 20947443 Anonymous [Signature #384] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20423006?utm_medium=rss I am definitely opposed to mandatory minimums. The mandatory minimums shift the responsibility of judge and jury to the legislature. Adjudication of our laws should be left to the courts.

]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2016 02:51:27 UTC 20423006 Mrs. Linda Kuhlman [Signature #383] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20211439?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:27:49 UTC 20211439 Ms Sarah Ahern [Signature #382] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20134154?utm_medium=rss We need Criminal Justice Reform Now!

]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2016 04:35:14 UTC 20134154 Mrs DonnaJean Lopez [Signature #381] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20134141?utm_medium=rss And nonviolent offenders

]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2016 04:22:35 UTC 20134141 Mrs Joan Peters-Gilmartin [Signature #380] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20133977?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Jul 2016 02:23:05 UTC 20133977 Mrs. Christi Phillips [Signature #379] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20130593?utm_medium=rss Mandatory Minimums are terrible sentences. They cost the state a ton of money and kill any hope that person may have. Giving someone a mandatory minimum at any age is awful but especially when they are young. I would love to see this change.

]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2016 07:30:38 UTC 20130593 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #378] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20078151?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:32:11 UTC 20078151 Ms Anonymous [Signature #377] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20062544?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:07:10 UTC 20062544 Mrs. Kira Weitzel [Signature #376] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19951779?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Apr 2016 05:49:46 UTC 19951779 Ms Truth Graf Truth Graf [Signature #375] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19923018?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:35:34 UTC 19923018 mrs sandra frew [Signature #374] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19773476?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:52:25 UTC 19773476 joanne wakelee [Signature #373] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19773441?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2016 06:54:55 UTC 19773441 Jackie Roveda [Signature #372] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19772929?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Feb 2016 06:11:01 UTC 19772929 Idaira Taveras de jesus [Signature #371] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19772842?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Feb 2016 05:03:09 UTC 19772842 Ms pamela moulder [Signature #370] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19768370?utm_medium=rss My son was convicted along with two others of felony murder. All three received mandatory life sentences even though the murder was not planned and only one of the three teens had a gun and fired the fatal shot. Please stop mandatory minimums and stop charging juveniles as adults!

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 05:35:57 UTC 19768370 Mr. Irving White [Signature #369] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19699457?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Feb 2016 01:13:21 UTC 19699457 Adrienne Wells [Signature #368] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19631862?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:25:37 UTC 19631862 Dr. Cathryn Lee Thrasher [Signature #367] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19628734?utm_medium=rss Mandatory minimum sentences keep judges from being able to judge. It puts control in the hands of the DA and prosecution side, who use the media to whip up public censure, and the public never has the whole story. Judges cannot judge.

]]> Sat, 23 Jan 2016 08:22:27 UTC 19628734 Mrs Paula Gantt [Signature #366] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19546862?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Dec 2015 07:13:52 UTC 19546862 Mrs Tammy Nye [Signature #365] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19546618?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Dec 2015 05:06:26 UTC 19546618 Bonnie Brockmeier [Signature #364] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19461307?utm_medium=rss Please do away with mandatory minimum
sentencing!

Thank You
Bonnie Brockmeier

]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2015 04:56:25 UTC 19461307 Miss Electra Karadimas [Signature #363] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19396443?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:44:52 UTC 19396443 Ms. Rosalyn Barnes [Signature #362] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19391387?utm_medium=rss One-size-fits-all sentences don't work!

]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2015 07:00:04 UTC 19391387 Ms. Bonnie Stephens [Signature #361] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19366361?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Oct 2015 03:24:03 UTC 19366361 Linda Thomason Glass [Signature #360] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19361997?utm_medium=rss Based not only on Daniel's story but people I have personally known who have been incarcerated in our country, we definitely need a change.

]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:50:03 UTC 19361997 leslee evans [Signature #359] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19334583?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:05:10 UTC 19334583 Anonymous [Signature #358] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19332445?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:00:38 UTC 19332445 Ms. Lauren Teel [Signature #357] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19332294?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:41:07 UTC 19332294 Mrs. Kathleen Hughes [Signature #356] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19332113?utm_medium=rss Justice needs to be done in this case, and many others. The punishment does not fit this crime at all.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 06:24:31 UTC 19332113 Mary Scovel [Signature #355] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19331218?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:30:03 UTC 19331218 mom Nancy Galuppo [Signature #354] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19331210?utm_medium=rss What sentence will we give a murderer or someone who commits a DUI manslaughter if we are handing down 20 year sentences for much lesser crimes???

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:26:47 UTC 19331210 Terri Day [Signature #353] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19329394?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2015 01:48:15 UTC 19329394 Ms Bella Fridman [Signature #352] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19329140?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:25:54 UTC 19329140 Merle Segal [Signature #351] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19328725?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:25:58 UTC 19328725 Jenna Streeter [Signature #350] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19328558?utm_medium=rss My brother is in prison for 10 years due to mandatory minimum. His punishment didn't come close to the "crime". He had a sexual conversation with a willing participant on the internet. She was 15 but lied about her age. No sex occurred. People go to jail for 1/4 that for violent sexual acts with non willing participants. Mandatory minimums have destroyed my family. I hope the laws can be amended so that others are not hurt by this draconian law. It does not represent the picture of American justice that we portray.

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:45:56 UTC 19328558 Mr Paul Burd [Signature #349] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19327680?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:30:54 UTC 19327680 Mr Ronald Burd [Signature #348] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19326908?utm_medium=rss Besides ending the travesty that is called mandatory minimum sentencing I recommend that everyone that received such a sentence be reviewed and gone throughly over to change shorten or release for time served the inmate in question. Let's get rid of overcrowded conditions and save taxpayers the millions spent needlessly.

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:44:29 UTC 19326908 Ms Rita FInley [Signature #347] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19325499?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:55:27 UTC 19325499 mr David Bohn [Signature #346] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19325387?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:59:17 UTC 19325387 Ms Linda Burd [Signature #345] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19325319?utm_medium=rss Eliminate mandatory minimums for ALL offenses. Let the judges do their jobs!

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:09:55 UTC 19325319 Mr. George Peters [Signature #344] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19321740?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:38:50 UTC 19321740 Sherry Van Oster [Signature #343] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19319786?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:22:37 UTC 19319786 Susan Rosovsky [Signature #342] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19319781?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:21:27 UTC 19319781 Mrs Brenda Sontag [Signature #341] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19319063?utm_medium=rss When you commit a crime as a child, then at 18 you are punished with 40 years which is a life sentence for him and his family, then the system is horribly broken

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:25:00 UTC 19319063 Ms Deborah McCaffrey [Signature #340] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19319033?utm_medium=rss Mandatory minimum sentences are not justice. Each case should be handled without the "mandatory minimum" sentence tying the hands of the judge who may feel it is too harsh. It is just not right and in this country we should get it right. Justice for all!

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:10:08 UTC 19319033 Ms Julie Morris [Signature #339] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19317687?utm_medium=rss Unsustainable. The system as it is -- well, let's just say that without change, it will buckle under the weight of itself and break on its own. We're just trying to help it along a little bit

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:31:49 UTC 19317687 Anonymous [Signature #338] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19317430?utm_medium=rss mandatory sentencing needs to stop, the time should fit the crime and this includes charges that are considered violent crimes thelat there was no violence at all, judges should be able to decide on case by case basis and this includes every race. judges shouldnt have to say sorry i have no choice but to give u this sentence, so wrong. these addicted to drugs need help, not prison. also, judges should do their jobs and quit letting prosecutors run the trials and make decisions that are their jobs to make.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:36:08 UTC 19317430 Mr Leland Waugh [Signature #337] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19317382?utm_medium=rss Mandatory minimum sentences need to be done away with. This should be up to judges because there can be special circumstances.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:04:47 UTC 19317382 Ms Lori Miller [Signature #336] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19317179?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2015 06:16:28 UTC 19317179 Angela Pearcy [Signature #335] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316958?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2015 04:28:21 UTC 19316958 Ms Jessica Justice [Signature #334] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316852?utm_medium=rss Mandatory minimums aren't effective.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 03:32:40 UTC 19316852 Sandra Byers [Signature #333] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316679?utm_medium=rss Please do away with mandatory minumums! they are unfair because each case is so different.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:24:39 UTC 19316679 jason mislich [Signature #332] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316629?utm_medium=rss Mandatory minimums unjustly lump all people charged with a crime into one category regardless of the severity of the crime, it also takes the decision making process out of the hands of the judges and puts it into the hands of lawmakers who don't know the specifics of each defendants crime.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:04:19 UTC 19316629 Mrs. Lisa Hurt [Signature #331] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316571?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2015 01:45:22 UTC 19316571 mrs. melisa Mislich [Signature #330] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316483?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2015 01:09:00 UTC 19316483 Beth Wilkening [Signature #329] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316266?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:52:44 UTC 19316266 Ms Martha Thompson [Signature #328] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316236?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:35:46 UTC 19316236 Kathleen Johnson [Signature #327] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19316211?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:22:20 UTC 19316211 Mrs Dori Purks [Signature #326] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19266769?utm_medium=rss Stop ruining young lives!

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2015 10:50:19 UTC 19266769 Anonymous [Signature #325] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19253390?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Sep 2015 08:42:16 UTC 19253390 Kelly Bergeron [Signature #324] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19244120?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2015 03:17:24 UTC 19244120 mrs janelle koziara [Signature #323] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19111203?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:56:02 UTC 19111203 MRS SHARON VARCA DUDASH [Signature #322] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19092482?utm_medium=rss We have the largest correctional system I the world. Isn't it time to change things?

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:15:54 UTC 19092482 Ms Marianna Mcginn [Signature #321] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19024287?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Jul 2015 10:31:58 UTC 19024287 Mrs cynthia smith [Signature #320] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18964088?utm_medium=rss These laws must be changed

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:29:03 UTC 18964088 Ms Emily Miller [Signature #319] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853062?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 10:22:27 UTC 18853062 Ms Destiny Higgins [Signature #318] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18815848?utm_medium=rss To Brandon and his family: You guys have my full prayers and condolences. :)

]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2015 05:51:55 UTC 18815848 Ms Mary Bonifay [Signature #317] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18688286?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Mar 2015 01:57:18 UTC 18688286 mrs cindy young [Signature #316] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18675003?utm_medium=rss I think is a very stiff sentence for such a young first time offender. Hew should have been offered doc treatment first time at least.

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:18:19 UTC 18675003 Patricia abney [Signature #315] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18658713?utm_medium=rss Stop unjustly putting our loved ones in jail for outrageously long periods of time.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 06:46:34 UTC 18658713 Mrs Deborah McCaffrey [Signature #314] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18644465?utm_medium=rss The punishment must fit the crime. No mandatory minimums.

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:03:56 UTC 18644465 Mr. Mark Hutchins [Signature #313] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18460510?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:43:54 UTC 18460510 Mr Greg Poston [Signature #312] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18456071?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:24:30 UTC 18456071 Anonymous [Signature #311] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18414658?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:07:13 UTC 18414658 KANDACE POWELL [Signature #310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18405801?utm_medium=rss Praying for Daniel and your family...Kudos to you for being such a strong, intelligent, dedicated mother! God Bless

]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:43:45 UTC 18405801 Anonymous [Signature #309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18225977?utm_medium=rss They give cruel punishments. But when a officer kill or harm a iinnocent person its ok.

]]> Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:06:06 UTC 18225977 Mrs. Annette Procanick [Signature #308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18125220?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:20:35 UTC 18125220 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18122495?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2014 10:22:50 UTC 18122495 ms sharon reid [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18122200?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2014 07:43:48 UTC 18122200 Ms Marsha Pawlina [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18121392?utm_medium=rss So very, very unfair for so many. Please change these guidelines

]]> Sun, 9 Nov 2014 12:05:05 UTC 18121392 Mrs. Tina Pascal [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18120894?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Nov 2014 06:42:13 UTC 18120894 Ms Anonymous [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18120694?utm_medium=rss I feel people can change. Yes, drugs are bad, but there is such a thing as rehabilitation. I have never comitted such crimes and I am in no way a criminal or drug user. However, I have seen people go through Georgia's court systems and watched how abusive it truly is to the citizens of this state. Some people are able to break free from a hazardous, negative lifestyle & out from under the grips of drug usage. I feel the courts should consider those who get into trouble and actually choose to make a better, more positive life for themselves after the fact..verses looking to scorn them to the fullest extent for their decisions while they were under the grips of addiction. Your brain is not the same while under the influence. We all make mistakes & no one is perfect. Why spend money to keep these people locked away for YEARS when they could be out in society making a difference and contributing to civilization by working hard & remaining sober. People who own up to their mistakes and make amends with their life & choose to get sober deserve a fighting chance.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" John 1:9

]]> Sun, 9 Nov 2014 02:15:37 UTC 18120694 Mrs. Gayle Benton [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18120385?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Nov 2014 09:42:38 UTC 18120385 Mrs Meredith Avery [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18120353?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Nov 2014 09:29:46 UTC 18120353 Ms Rachael Boone [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18120148?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Nov 2014 07:40:42 UTC 18120148 Anonymous [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18120057?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Nov 2014 06:54:57 UTC 18120057 Stacie Smalley [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18120010?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Nov 2014 06:30:01 UTC 18120010 Ms Paige Bland [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18119673?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Nov 2014 02:50:30 UTC 18119673 Christopher Boccia [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18119601?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Nov 2014 02:04:10 UTC 18119601 mr. joshua norton [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18079496?utm_medium=rss support the hells angels motorcycle club.

]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:20:04 UTC 18079496 Mr Joseph Parrino [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17958434?utm_medium=rss One size does NOT fit all situations. You can't generically apply one punishment to all people. Mandatory minimums are an over-zealous, emotionally-charged response to crime, which removes the opportunity for a person to undergo reformation. I've seen this first-hand. Why would the justice system deny this by issuing MM's? Our prisons are already full enough, social costs are high enough, and our young people are not given a second chance.

]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2014 03:27:43 UTC 17958434 Mrs Adriana Blackard [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17829087?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:07:01 UTC 17829087 mr Jon Reid [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17822944?utm_medium=rss Father to a son in Alpharetta wrongly accused. Ten year sentence

]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2014 10:40:16 UTC 17822944 Mr Matthew Shealy [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17715922?utm_medium=rss I know Daniel Boccia and it is not in his statue or character to be convicted of the crimes that are stated.
My question is : Why is his sentence so lengthy?

]]> Fri, 8 Aug 2014 04:29:20 UTC 17715922 MR Anonymous [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17625117?utm_medium=rss The US legal system must focus on justice to all and not handcuff our judges with outdated and unfair Mandatory sentencing guidelines.

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