Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Amicus Curiae
Gregory L. Poe, Counsel of RecordFamilies Against Mandatory Minimums is a nonprofit organization with more than 35,000 members founded in 1991 to research and discuss the social cost of mandatory minimum sentences. Gregory L. Poe is a partner with the law firm Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, where his specialty is complex civil and criminal litigation. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago in 1988. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 21, 2004.Although Congress may define a range of jury-authorized punishment…
