Sentencing

they have continued to do year after year. A staggering number of released inmates return to society only to be arrested again shortly thereafter, some committing even more egregious acts than what they were originally sentenced for. A tougher sentencing guideline would keep career offenders off the streets of America and allow law-abiding citizens to…

"Sentencing For Juvenile Offenders: An Overview." Points Of View: Sentencing For Juvenile Offenders (2015): 1. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 22 Feb. 2016. Goldmark, S. M., and Heather Newton. "Counterpoint: In Some Situations, Teens Should Be Tried As Adults." Points Of View: Sentencing For Juvenile Offenders (2015): 3. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 22 Feb. 2016. Izadi, Elahe. " 'Affluenza…

focused on bail decisions, and how this can sometimes affect the outcome of the sentencing phase. The other article focused on Capital Sentencing Decisions, that focused on the portrayal of the victim. Both of these articles gave some interesting theories of how judges and jury decide the fate of one’s future. It described how certain factors can influence the judge or jury in their decision making. The sentencing phase has factors that are considered before determining someone’s outcome.…

of offenses and offenders eligible for transfer from juvenile court to adult court for trial and sentencing. These lowered the minimum age for transfer , increased the number of transfer-elijinle offenses, and reduced judicial discretion in transfer decision making. Sentencing juvenile delinquents is not a very good thing for many things. Juveniles are children under the age of 18. Well sentencing juveniles to adult prisons could be a bad thing for them. Many prinsoners have been convicted of…

Journal article titled, “Mandatory Sentencing and Racial Disparity: Assessing the Role of Prosecutors and the Effects of Booker,” by Sonja Starr and M. Marit Rehavi. In the Supreme Court case, United States v. Booker, regarding sentencing guidelines, a federal district court judge enhanced Booker’s sentence based on the facts the judge determined. Booker appealed the enhancement as in violation of his Sixth Amendment rights. In another case, according to sentencing guidelines. Because of this…

In theory, sentences imposed by judges are supposed to depend on legally relevant factors. This is why the federal sentencing guidelines were developed. In an ideal society, we would hope judges would always follow these guidelines when sentencing. However, there are extra-legal variables that, unfortunately, have the potential to play a large role in the sentencing process. Some examples of extra-legal variables include race, ethnicity, and sex, as well as pre-trial release. I believe that…

Sentencing can be defined as “the judicial determination of a legal sanction upon a person convicted of an offence. When discussing sentencing in Canada, it is important to mention section 718 of the Criminal Code of Canada. This section outlines the purpose and principles of sentencing. This section states that the fundamental purpose of sentencing… [Is] imposing just sanctions that have one or more of the following objectives: (a) to denounce unlawful conduct; (b) to deter the offender and…

“judicial discretion is in sentencing?” Judicial discretion gives judges the right to use discretion when sentencing the offender to prison or jail. Over the past decades judicial discretion has waned and more decisions are made by a jury in criminal courts. The fact that most sentencing hearings are now decided by juries gives the offender the chance to fight for themselves. The writer provides statistical data on how legislatures write laws to affect criminal sentencing. The writer…

While watching Law and Order or NCIS, it is common to hear about the policy known as the Mandatory Minimal Sentencing. When someone goes to court they are told how long they need to serve for their crime, the lowest and highest. The lowest is set by the Mandatory Minimal Sentencing policy. The policy impacted prisons across the country. There has been an enormous rise in the prison population, along with the guidelines causing discrimination with in the justice system. When the policy was…

INDIANA SENTENCING REFORM: TWO YEARS AND STILL NOT WORKING In an article I published this past January (“State Sentencing Reform: Reducing Recidivism OR Costing Indiana Counties More Money?”), I argued that the new sentencing reform bill, which radically changes the way criminal courts sentence offenders, could actually cost local communities more money without doing much to prevent recidivism. Under the new guidelines, offenders sentenced to a year or less in criminal court would not see a…