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What I Have Feared Most Has Now Come To Pass: Blakely, Booker, And The Future Of Sentencing, Katie M. Mcvoy Apr 2005

What I Have Feared Most Has Now Come To Pass: Blakely, Booker, And The Future Of Sentencing, Katie M. Mcvoy

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Windfall Justice: Sentences At The Mercy Of Hypertechnicality, Jack Nordby Jan 2004

Windfall Justice: Sentences At The Mercy Of Hypertechnicality, Jack Nordby

William Mitchell Law Review

Once upon a time (a time not so remote as to be beyond the memories of many of us who still toil in the vineyards of justice), the severity of a criminal sentence was determined largely at the whim of the trial judge, who was guided only by vague considerations of suitability. Non-premeditated murder, for example, might be punished by anything from probation to forty years in prison. A parole board exercised a similarly subjective power to temper the term with early release. Then, about a quarter century ago, the legislature created a commission to establish sentencing “guidelines,” said to …


Diminished Capacity - Expanded Discretion: Section 5k2.13 Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines And The Demise Of The Non-Violent Offense, Robert R. Miller Jan 2001

Diminished Capacity - Expanded Discretion: Section 5k2.13 Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines And The Demise Of The Non-Violent Offense, Robert R. Miller

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cross-Overs-Capital Jurors Who Change Their Minds About The Punishment: A Litmus Test For Sentencing Guidelines, Marla Sandys Oct 1995

Cross-Overs-Capital Jurors Who Change Their Minds About The Punishment: A Litmus Test For Sentencing Guidelines, Marla Sandys

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


A Critical Analysis Of The Proposed Sentencing Guidelines For Organizations Convicted Of Environmental Crimes, Robert L. Kracht Jan 1995

A Critical Analysis Of The Proposed Sentencing Guidelines For Organizations Convicted Of Environmental Crimes, Robert L. Kracht

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


One Cheer For The Guidelines, Stewart Dalzell Jan 1995

One Cheer For The Guidelines, Stewart Dalzell

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Windows For Discretion In The Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines, Vincent A. Cirillo Jan 1986

Windows For Discretion In The Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines, Vincent A. Cirillo

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sentencing Guidelines, Louis C. Bechtle Jan 1986

Sentencing Guidelines, Louis C. Bechtle

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.