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Representation Of Women Who Defend Themselves In Response To Physical Or Sexual Assault Arguedas, Elizabeth M. Schneider, Susan B. Jordan, Cristina C. Arguedas
Representation Of Women Who Defend Themselves In Response To Physical Or Sexual Assault Arguedas, Elizabeth M. Schneider, Susan B. Jordan, Cristina C. Arguedas
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The Repressed Issues Of Sentencing: Accountability, Predictability, And Equality In The Era Of The Sentencing Commission, John C. Coffee Jr.
The Repressed Issues Of Sentencing: Accountability, Predictability, And Equality In The Era Of The Sentencing Commission, John C. Coffee Jr.
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The existence of disparities in the sentences imposed on equally culpable offenders has long been a subject of jurisprudential concern. The author provides a critique of recent efforts to objectify the sentencing process that rely on a matrix table prescribing guideline sentence lengths on the basis of offense severity and predictions of recidivism. With particular emphasis on the Sentencing Commission authorized by pending federal legislation, he urges the need for political accountability in the body that inevitably makes value judgments in the preparation and administration of such a guideline system. Finally, the author discusses the normative issues that surround the …