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Jan 13, 2025
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LAW 2939 - Sentencing Reform Seminar
This seminar explores the modern sentencing reform movement. Topics include the origins and critiques of the traditional sentencing system, the philosophical and policy bases for limiting judicial discretion in sentencing, the impact of plea bargaining, mandatory minimum sentencing laws, sentencing guidelines and commissions, alternatives to incarceration and organizational sentencing. The seminar compares federal and state approaches to these questions and also examines sentencing in other countries. A paper is required.
Credits: 2
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