Judges are limited in their sentencing discretion by statutory provisions, philosophical rationales, organization considerations, presentence investigation reports, and their own characteristics. There are many statutory provisions are indeterminate sentencing, determinate sentencing, flat-time sentencing, mandatory sentencing, presumptive sentencing and then the restitution that has been paid for the injuries that the defendant has caused. The philosophical rationales that limit are a judge are the criminal sanction penalties that have been set for violating criminal law. There are three organization considerations that limit the amount of discretion a judge has is he plea bargains that have been set, the capacity of the system, and the amount
