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Presentence Custody Time Credit Under California Penal Code Section 2900.5, James D. Robinson
Presentence Custody Time Credit Under California Penal Code Section 2900.5, James D. Robinson
Pepperdine Law Review
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People V. Olivas: Equalizing The Sentencing Of Youthful Offenders With Adult Maximums, William E. Harris
People V. Olivas: Equalizing The Sentencing Of Youthful Offenders With Adult Maximums, William E. Harris
Pepperdine Law Review
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"Off With His __": Analyzing The Sex Disparity In Chemical Castration Sentences, Zachary Edmonds Oswald
"Off With His __": Analyzing The Sex Disparity In Chemical Castration Sentences, Zachary Edmonds Oswald
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Societies around the world have performed castration, in its various forms, on their male and female members for thousands of years, for numerous reasons. Even within the United States, prisoners have been sentenced to castration (as a form of punishment or crime prevention) since the early twentieth century. In recent years, legislatures have perpetuated this practice but with a modern twist. Now, states use chemical injections to castrate their inmates. It turns out, however, that systemic problems plague the chemical castration sentencing regime. These problems arise from the nature of the crimes eligible for chemical castration sentences, the manner of …