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Jury Sentencing As Democratic Practice, Jenia I. Turner
Jury Sentencing As Democratic Practice, Jenia I. Turner
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After a century of reform and experimentation, sentencing remains a highly contested area of the criminal justice system. Scholars as well as the public at large disagree about the proper purposes and functions of punishment, and dissatisfaction with the sentencing status quo is high. Most recent critiques of the sentencing process have focused on the amount of discretion tolerated by the system. This Article goes further in arguing that the source of sentencing discretion is also very important to the legitimacy and integrity of the sentencing process. In the absence of wide consensus on sentencing goals, it is best to …
Manipulating International Criminal Procedure: The Decision Of The Icty Office Of The Independent Prosecutor Not To Investigate Nato Bombing In The Former Yugoslavia, Anthony J. Colangelo
Manipulating International Criminal Procedure: The Decision Of The Icty Office Of The Independent Prosecutor Not To Investigate Nato Bombing In The Former Yugoslavia, Anthony J. Colangelo
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Beyond The Bright Line: A Contemporary Right-To-Counsel Doctrine, Pamela R. Metzger
Beyond The Bright Line: A Contemporary Right-To-Counsel Doctrine, Pamela R. Metzger
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The current right-to-counsel doctrine was developed in the 1970's. It created a bright-line rule still in effect today. The right to counsel attaches only at "critical stages" of a criminal prosecution. Under this critical stage doctrine, the right to counsel only attaches after the initiation of formal adversary proceedings and only applies to confrontations between the accused and the prosecution or law enforcement. In the years following the Supreme Court's development of the critical stage doctrine, national trends of mandatory sentencing and sentencing guidelines revolutionized criminal procedure and dramatically altered the roles of the system's key players.
Now, defense counsel's …