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16 Jan 2018, 11:05 am by John Floyd
Sentencing in federal drug cases can sometimes pose difficult challenges for the judges imposing sentence. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 12:30 pm
Another item: The Sentencing Commission held a hearing on cocaine and sentencing policy last month. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 4:02 pm
My home state is lately full of sentencing news, and here are two afternoon headlines providing signs of the sentencing times: From  the Cleveland Plain  Dealer here, "Death Row inmate Jeffrey Hill's sentence commuted by Gov. [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 8:07 am by Dominic Yobbi
[JURIST] The Mexican government has published new sentencing guidelines that will double prison sentences for kidnapping crimes. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 11:41 am by Andrew Delaney
After the conviction, there was a sentencing hearing. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 4:28 pm by @admin
A suspended sentence is handed down during the sentencing portion following a plea or a trial. [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 10:04 am
” Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines - knife crime (PDF) Sentencing Guidelines Council, 4th August 2008 Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk [read post]
5 May 2011, 5:17 am by Russ Bensing
  As mentioned, when a Federal judge imposes a sentence, even for multiple offenses, there’s only one sentence. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 5:42 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy links to and excerpts the statement, which supports a bill that "proposes to reduce mandatory minimum sentences for particular nonviolent offenses and to return discretion to judges in more cases. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 10:44 am by Joe Patrice
The post Just Because A Judge CAN Write A Sentence Doesn’t Mean The Judge SHOULD Write That Sentence appeared first on Above the Law. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 9:13 am
The United States Sentencing Commission announced yesterday its sending to Congress amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 1:52 pm
RTE is reporting that a challenge to the mandatory life sentence has been rejected: Challenges to life sentences rejected Friday, 5 October 2007 16:20 "Two convicted murderers have lost their High Court challenge to the constitutionality of the mandatory life sentence for murder. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 3:31 pm by Bill Otis
"Evidence-based" sentencing is one of the catch-phrases of the sentencing reform movement. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 3:16 pm by johntfloyd
Congress, however, has long dispensed with rehabilitation as a basis for criminal sentencing in federal courts. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 7:52 pm
Such "explanation review" is conceptually distinct from substantive review of the sentence: the former asks whether the sentence has been adequately justified, while the latter asks whether the sentence could be adequately justified. [read post]