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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Race and Empathy; Understanding Incarceration Disparities Research Design Introduction: On August 8th‚ 2013 United States Attorney General Eric Holder made history when he announced the nearing end of the mandatory minimum-era in federal sentencing policy in his speech to the American Bar Association in San Francisco. In his address Holder lamented the condition of the Federal Justice
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"Racial Profiling" refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion or national origin. Criminal profiling‚ generally‚ as practiced by police‚ is the reliance on a group of characteristics they believe to be associated with crime. Examples of racial profiling are the use of race to determine which drivers to stop
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action to reveal the correlation between social status and overall health. It focuses on two categories of social status that influence overall health‚ economic status and race. These two categories are examples of health disparities. According to Paula Braveman a health disparity is‚ “a difference in which disadvantaged social groups who have persistently experienced social disadvantage or discrimination- systematically experience worse health or greater health risks than more advantaged social groups”
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Sentencing Paper Rachel Urban CJA/234 February 25th‚ 2015 Richard Gilbert In this paper the topics that will be discussed will be what are the state and federal objectives of punishment? How does sentencing affect the state and federal corrections systems overall? With support for that answer‚ what is the determinate and indeterminate sentencing? As well as which sentencing model that is felt the most appropriate? With an explanation as to why and examples will be provided.
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This week’s reading focuses on the various types of sentencing theories‚ the types of sentencing options‚ and how they are applied. I found the just deserts and retribution perspectives to be interesting. While these theories are similar in their favoring of proportionality in sentencing‚ they differ in terms of when prison sentences should be imposed and the length of prison sentences (when they are imposed). Retributionists believe that individuals that cause harm should be inflicted with the
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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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This is the first article to describe a medical degree disparity between those physicians who receive EM R01 grants and those who do not. Over the last 10 years‚ the majority of recipients of an EM R01 grant have been allopathic physicians‚ and no osteopathic physician has received an EM R01 grant during that same period. It is unclear why this disparity exists‚ but it appears that prior research publications and advanced research training play a crucial role in determining who receives EM R01 grants
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The Effects of Race on Sentencing in Capital Punishment Cases Throughout history‚ minorities have been ill-represented in the criminal justice system‚ particularly in cases where the possible outcome is death. In early America‚ blacks were lynched for the slightest violation of informal laws and many of these killings occurred without any type of due process. As the judicial system has matured‚ minorities have found better representation but it is not completely unbiased. In the past twenty
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Racial Profiling A person should not be judged due to their appearance. Today skin color makes you a suspect in America. It makes you more likely to be stopped‚ more likely to be searched‚ and more likely to be arrested and imprisoned. When police officers stop or charge a person based on their race; that’s racial profiling. Racial profiling has been occurring around the nation for years. Statistics show that if a Caucasian man and an African American man are both driving a nice car and speeding
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