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Minimums for background actors, stand-ins and photo doubles also will increase, rising 11%, effective immediately, followed by another 4% increase in Year Two of the contract and a 3.5% increase in Year Three.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Minimums for this year will be determined in the ongoing labor negotiations between MLB and the players’ association.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022

Kevin Ring, president of the nonprofit prisoner advocacy organization Families Against Mandatory Minimums, said he spoke with inmates who were overcome by emotion Tuesday after learning of the Justice Department’s decision.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

“They’re fighting the release of vulnerable people on technicalities. It’s disgusting,” said Kevin Ring, president of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a group that has pushed to reduce the number of people in prisons.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2020

Molly Gill of the group Families Against Mandatory Minimums said such a law would remove any discretion from judges.

From Washington Times • Jan. 22, 2020