There are often many different actors involved in white-collar crime cases who play distinctive roles and whose decisions have a significant impact on the conviction and punishment of white-collar crime defendants. These actors include judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors, witnesses, white-collar defendants and victims. We understand that any economic crime can injure an individual but the offender themselves, do not present any physical threat to society. Therefore, deciding on what type of sentence to impose on a white collar offender is not an easy task. There are many factors that each actor must consider. Judges play an important role when processing white-collar crimes. They not only oversee a case from its inception but up
