As a judge‚ they play many roles; but the main purpose of their role is‚ “Sentencing.” Sentencing: is when a criminal is being put on trial‚ and is being told the amount of time he or she is serving. Judges inquire a great power in the decision-making process to pursuit justice. Depending on a case‚ some of the jury may see things in a different perspective. Some may lean toward the liberal side‚ which is more complex and focuses more on why the criminal committed the crime. In addition‚ liberals
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Principles of Sentencing There are five general aims or functions or justifications of punishment: 1. DETERRENCE There is a belief that punishment for crime can deter people from offending. There are two forms: - Specific deterrence is concerned with punishing an individual offender in the expectation that he will not offend again. - General deterrence is related to the possibility that people in general will be deterred from committing crime by the threat of punishment if they are caught
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THE SENTENCING PROCESS * The hearing Once the jury has determined the guilt of an offender‚ the jurors are dismissed and their role in the trial is over. It is now time for the second stage of the trial in which the judicial officer of the court-judge or justice-will determine the sentence imposed. The trial judge will look at many factors when determining a sentence. These factors include; the defendant’s state of mind‚ his or her criminal record-if any; and addiction the defendant may have
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Five goals in sentencing; Punishment is one of the goals to sentencing. It is the infliction of pain upon someone and is considered retribution for criminals who commit crimes. Society uses punishment to keep criminals from being repeat offenders and therefore I believe it is a favorable from of sentencing. However‚ with the new three strikes law‚ I do not agree with some of the statutes that are being set forth. Deterrence is the hoping that others while seeing someone being prosecuted of a crime
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The United States Sentencing Commission is responsible for sentencing policy in federal courts. In 1980 they reformed the federal sentencing. The intent was to provide determinate sentencing. Determinate sentencing is a fixed period of incarceration without the possibility of parole‚ but time served can be reduced by accumulating good time. “Coinciding with the development of determinate sentencing has been the development of sentencing guidelines to control and structure the process and make it
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Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Neglect Towards Making the Crime Fit the Penalty As mentioned in the Canadian Criminal Code of 1985‚ "there are about 40 offences for which a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment (MMS) must be imposed" (Raaflaub‚ 2006). There is a growing dilemma in society today "starkly in the conflict between crime control and rights approaches to punishment" (Witten‚ 2017‚ p. 106). Mandatory minimum prison sentences are punishments that are set through legislation for specific
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and has its own set of circumstances. Crime is no different‚ which is why it often difficult to effectively use policies like mandatory minimum sentences‚ because not every crime is the same. It is acceptable for their to be some disparity in sentencing for similar crimes‚ but there still needs to be some consistency. The initiation of mandatory minimum sentences was due in large part to the fact that judges had too much discretion and it led to many similar cases having wildly different sentences
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had hit his kids‚ and another judge gave an offender a slap on the wrist as he did not think the offender deserved anything more severe. Policy-Centered Approach to Developing Intermediate Sanctions • Emphasizes the policy that spells out the sentencing scheme
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735). Famous cases that involve the question of sentencing juveniles to life in jail without parole include Graham v Florida‚ Sullivan v Florida‚ and Roper v Simmons. In the case of Graham v Florida‚ Terrance Graham was only one month shy of turning eighteen when he was sentenced to life in jail without
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9FORCE IN A STATICALLY DETERMINATE CANTILEVER TRUSS 1.0 OBJECTIVE 1.1 To observe the effect of redundant member in a structure in a structure and understand the method of analysis type of this structure. 2.1 LEARNING OUTCOME 2.2 The application of the engineering knowledge in practical application 2.3 To enhance technical competency in structural engineering through laboratory application 3.0 THEORY 3.1 In a statically indeterminate truss‚ static equilibriumalone cannot be used to calculated
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