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28 Apr 2020, 5:56 pm
If the Crown proceeds by way of summary, you can be sentenced to a maximum jail sentence of 18 months. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 9:38 am
These reforms of the sentencing guidelines reduced the disparity between the sentencing guidelines for powder cocaine and crack cocaine. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 4:34 am
On the rare occasion when sentence relief was granted, it was usually not based on factual sufficiency or sentence appropriateness. [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 9:23 am
Contingent sentence (active sentence followed by probation). [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 7:08 am
Sentencing Commission indicating that the post-Booker increase in sentencing discretion has led to an increased correlation between... [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 1:52 pm
Here is the abstract: Sentencing mitigation or sentencing videos are a form of visual legal advocacy that is... [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 4:00 pm
Benjamin Weiser, NYTimes, Judge Explains 150-Year Sentence for Madoff has a fascinating story of some of the surrounding conversations prior to the Madoff sentencing. [read post]
10 May 2016, 6:25 pm
Here is the abstract: The United States Sentencing Guidelines are the mandatory starting point and the lodestone for the sentences of... [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 1:43 pm
I saw this blog post on Sentencing Law and Policy reporting that the Delaware Supreme Court vacated a conviction based on a constitutional speedy trial violation stemming from a delayed sentencing proceeding. [read post]
11 Oct 2008, 10:33 am
YOGI BERRA could have written a recently released report on the failure of mandatory minimum sentences. [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 5:03 am
Our High Court ruled that so long as Michigan's sentencing process requires trial judges to make findings of fact to which a defendant does not confess or that a jury did not determine beyond a reasonable doubt, that process was unconstitutional.Scrapping the sentencing guidelines, the Supreme Court further mandated that sentencing judges must now treat the sentencing guidelines as "advisory only". [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 7:18 am
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are guidelines that judges consider when determining an appropriate sentence for someone who has been convicted of a federal crime. [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 7:18 am
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are guidelines that judges consider when determining an appropriate sentence for someone who has been convicted of a federal crime. [read post]
27 Aug 2020, 10:24 am
Are You Serving a Lengthy Sentence? [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 7:49 am
A North Carolina defendant has a common law right to be personally present when a criminal sentence is pronounced. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 10:41 am
His sentence included a $525 discretionary fine. [read post]
27 Nov 2018, 10:49 am
Below that amount, the base sentence is 0. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 1:15 pm
“Mandatory sentencing laws: Undermining the effectiveness of determinate sentencing reform. [read post]
8 May 2015, 5:55 am
In order to make sure that sentences are accorded to the seriousness of the crime and that people with similar criminal record get similar sentences, judges have sentencing guidelines. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 12:37 pm
I just received via e-mail this notice of a new report from the folks at The Sentencing Project: A new report by The Sentencing Project highlights 17 states that enacted sentencing and corrections reforms in 2008. [read post]
