All Articles tagged sentencing departures

• Feature Articles
  August 01, 2018 PDT
  Why do Judges Depart? A Review of Reasons for Judicial Departures in Federal Sentencing
  Kimberly KaiserCassia Spohn

  The purpose of this research is to provide an analysis of the reasons federal judges give for downward and upward departures and to identify the themes that animate these decisions.

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