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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
10 Jul 2007, 10:13 am
Kevin O'Brien has provided a detailed analysis of the application of the sentencing guidelines to Joe Nacchio, including a critique of the government's analysis in its recently filed Sentencing Statement. [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]
23 Feb 2019, 12:22 pm by Quinta Jurecic
  Manafort Sentencing Memo Main (PDF)Manafort Sentencing Memo Main (Text)   Manafort Sentencing Memo Exhibits (PDF)Manafort Sentencing Memo Exhibits (Text) [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 6:56 am by Hadar Aviram
For those unfamiliar with California sentencing, we do not have a sentencing commission. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 11:34 am by highrank
Once a person is sentenced to a specific period or is already serving their time, they may wonder if there are any ways to reduce their sentence. [read post]
26 Aug 2009, 9:00 pm
 - Friend on Evidence provides that hearsay is admissible in sentencing  proceedings. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 6:27 am
Thanks to this CNN piece, here is a classic sentencing example of the old "watch what you say" lesson:A judge sentenced a woman to nearly the maximum prison term for negligent homicide after hearing a recorded jail conversation in which she made light of the bicyclist she killed. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 6:29 am by Jessica Smith
A sentence is not statutorily mandated if a judge has discretion impose a sentence that is equal to or lighter than the original sentence. [read post]