CRM/LAW C106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Mandatory Sentencing
17 Dec 2018
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Chapter 3: policies and practices contributing to high rates of. First there was a support for indeterminate sentencing and then came criticisms. 3 phases: 1975 to mid 1980s, reform movement aimed to make sentencing procedures fairer and sentencing outcomes more predictable and consistent. To solve it use comprehensive sentencing and parole guidelines and statutory sentencing standards: mid 1980s to 1996, make sentences for drug and violent crimes harsher and more certain. Use mandatory minimum sentence, 3 strikes, truth in sentencing, and life without parole: mid 1990s was a period of drift, the idea to take comprehensive overhauls or make punishment harsher was gone. No new laws: phase 1: aimed at increased consistency and fairness. Parole guidelines: guideline system for use in setting release dates. Voluntary sentencing guidelines: judges not bound to follow them and needed to give no reasons, defendant could not appeal judge decision.
