Explain why we have mandatory minimum sentences and sentencing guidelines.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
 Definition: Define “mandatory minimum sentences” and “sentencing guidelines.”
 Explain why we have mandatory minimum sentences and sentencing guidelines. What purpose do they serve?
 Opinion: State your opinion as to whether mandatory minimum sentences help or hinder judicial efficiency and defend your position by explaining why and how they do so.

Please also use the following a sources:

How Plea Bargains Are Making Jury Trials Obsolete

https://www1.law.umkc.edu/suni/CrimLaw/fed_sent_guide.htm
https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/reconsidering-mandatory-minimum-sentences-the-arguments-and-against

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