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Across 4. Harsh mandatory minimum sentences for federal drug offenders were passed in the 1980s in response to the perceived _______ ________ epidemic. 5. The minimum sentence given to those who pose an automatic or muffled firearm during the commission of a felony in Ohio is ___ _____. 7. The _______ Act was established in 2003 and provided harsh federal mandatory minimum sentences for a variety of child sex offenses and child pornography crimes. 11. Congressional action regarding the distribution and receipt of _____ ___________ began with the passage of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977. 13. President _____ signed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1970 into effect. 14. Governor ______ is responsible for enacting some changes in New York in the early 2000s in order to reduce the length of prison sentences. 15. The _________ Commission was established to study the problem of illegal drug addiction and the laws passed to control it. 16. The overwhelming majority of crimes in ______ have no mandatory minimum sentences. 17. Who became the first lifer sentenced under Washington’s three strikes law to be released from prison? 20. The _____ ______ Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. 924e) is a federal provision that requires a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years for a defendant who has violated 18 U.S.C. 922g and who has at least 3 prior convictions for either violent felonies or serious drug offenses. 23. Actor ___ _____ was arrested for the possession of over 650 grams of cocaine. 25. Former Attorney General ____ ______ called for a decrease in mandatory minimum prison sentences in 2013. 27. The ________ Felony Firearms Statute required a two-year sentence to be added on the base sentence for a felony if that felony was committed with a firearm. 28. What state identifies seven felonies, known as the “seven deadly sins,” that require mandatory minimum sentences, including kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery? 29. Dr. Fred ______ argued that mandatory minimum sentences involving child pornography are disproportionate to the nature of some of these offenses – labeled some offenders as “naively curious.” 31. What state had a bill proposed in June 2015 that required convicted felons to face a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison for possession of a firearm? 32. What state categories its felony crimes as dangerous or non-dangerous? 33. Oklahoma enacts a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 years for theft of the following agriculture: ______, cows or hogs.

Down 1. The ___________ Amendment was adopted in Massachusetts and required a mandatory one-year prison term for offenders who were convicted of the unlicensed carrying of firearms. 2. What State Supreme Court case in 1996 within California ruled that a court may decide to dismiss prior serious or violent felony convictions under the three strikes law? 3. _______ _____ was the first offender sentenced under the 650 Lifer Law to be released on parole. 4. The Bartley-Fox Amendment enacted four provisions to the penalties for ________ offenses but did not change the punishment structure of improper ownership or possession offenses. 6. One way to sentence a federal drug offender below a mandatory minimum is through the use of so-called ______ ______. 8. Conflict between state and federal law clearly exists regarding the sale and dispensing of medical marijuana in the state of __________. 9. In 2001, lawmakers in this state repealed the one-year mandatory minimum sentence for first-time drug offenders. 10. The first federal law that established mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders was the _____ ___. 12. The ___________ Drug Laws attempted to combat drugs on the state level in New York through strict mandatory minimum sentences. 18. _________ became the first state to enact a three strikes law. 19. What state voted to pass Measure 11, which represented a broader effort to eliminate judicial discretion for a wide range of offenses – included 16 specific violent and/or sexual offenses? 21. Michigan passed the 650 _____ ___, which came to be known as the strictest narcotics law in the nation. 22. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws aim to ___________ judicial discretion. 24. The three ______ laws impose lengthy prison terms for offenders who have accrued three convictions for serious and/or violent crimes. 26. There are two major federal mandatory minimum sentencing provisions – 18 U.S.C. 924c and 18 U.S.C. 924e – relating to ________ offenses. 30. What state uses “Jessica’s Law” which requires mandatory sentences of imprisonment that can vary between 25 years to life in prison?