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Justice As A Rounding Error?: Evidence Of Subconscious Bias In Second-Degree Murder Sentences In Canada, Craig E. Jones, Micah B. Rankin
Justice As A Rounding Error?: Evidence Of Subconscious Bias In Second-Degree Murder Sentences In Canada, Craig E. Jones, Micah B. Rankin
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
There are few areas of law that grant judges as much discretion as the sentencing of criminal offenders. This discretion necessarily leads to concerns about the influence of biases, including those that result from subconscious processes associated with human cognition; that is to say, heuristics. In this article, the authors explore one heuristic—number preference—through an examination of all reported second degree murder parole ineligibility decisions between 1990 and 2012. Number preference leads individuals to predictably round off measurements to certain favoured numbers. The authors identify a tendency for parole ineligibility decisions to cluster around even numbers and multiples of five, …
Virginia’S Redefinition Of The “Future Dangerousness” Aggravating Factor: Unprecedented, Unfounded, And Unconstitutional , Lara D. Gass
Virginia’S Redefinition Of The “Future Dangerousness” Aggravating Factor: Unprecedented, Unfounded, And Unconstitutional , Lara D. Gass
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Reverberations Of The Victim's "Voice": Victim Impact Statements And The Cultural Project Of Punishment, Erin L. Sheley
Reverberations Of The Victim's "Voice": Victim Impact Statements And The Cultural Project Of Punishment, Erin L. Sheley
Indiana Law Journal
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Amendment 706 To The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Not All It Was Cracked Up To Be, Brian Crowell
Amendment 706 To The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Not All It Was Cracked Up To Be, Brian Crowell
Villanova Law Review
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Better A Drug Dealer Than A Drug Buyer - The Third Circuit Grapples With The United States Sentencing Guidelines In United States V. Smack, Michael T. Henry
Better A Drug Dealer Than A Drug Buyer - The Third Circuit Grapples With The United States Sentencing Guidelines In United States V. Smack, Michael T. Henry
Villanova Law Review
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Departing Ways: Uniformity, Disparity And Cooperation In Federal Drug Sentences, Michael A. Simons
Departing Ways: Uniformity, Disparity And Cooperation In Federal Drug Sentences, Michael A. Simons
Villanova Law Review
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What Makes Sentencing Facts Controversial - Four Problems Obscured By One Solution, Jacqueline E. Ross
What Makes Sentencing Facts Controversial - Four Problems Obscured By One Solution, Jacqueline E. Ross
Villanova Law Review
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Reasonable Doubt In Doubt: Sentencing And The Supreme Court In United States V. Watts, Sandra K. Wolkov
Reasonable Doubt In Doubt: Sentencing And The Supreme Court In United States V. Watts, Sandra K. Wolkov
University of Miami Law Review
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Felony-Murder Doctrine Through The Federal Looking Glass, Henry S. Noyes
Felony-Murder Doctrine Through The Federal Looking Glass, Henry S. Noyes
Indiana Law Journal
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