Discuss your views on the requirement to provide consistency in sentencing versus financial concerns that stem from prison crowding during less prosperous times.
Central to the philosophy of determinate sentencing is the declaration that sentencing should be fair. The idea is that legislative mandates will eliminate the impact of socioeconomic differences among offenders by ensuring that punishment is proportionate to the offense and that it still allows the court to consider the criminal history of offenders. The first … Read more