John Smallwood's List: annotated bibiliographies

Vitanen, M. (March 25, 2009) New York stiffens laws in harsh drug sentences. Move would save money and ease prison overcrowding. The Houston Chronicle p.17 Retrieved March 26,2010.

This source is a newspaper article found usinf the library database. The article discusses the possibility of mandatory minimum reform in the state of New York. The article also provides information about the current strain that mandatory minimums cause the prison population and the state budget.

Just a few of the families torn apart by mandatory minimums...(2004) Retrieved February 17, 2010, from http://www.mandatorymadness.org/victims.htm\nThis source was found searching effects of mandatory minimums using the google search engine. This article gives anecdotes of individuals who have been given heavy mandatory minimum sentences for nin violent drug offenses. This source will be useful in my research by useing ethos to pursuade my audience.