All Articles tagged sentencing guidelines

• Feature Articles
  December 01, 2023 PDT
  The Effects of Pretrial Detention Length on Sentencing Guideline Departures in Two Pennsylvania Counties
  Victoria R. WrigleyTre Schumacher

  While pretrial detention has been well-documented to have a negative impact on sentence outcomes, its role in exacerbating sentencing disparities arising from sentencing guideline departures have been sorely understudied.

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• Feature Articles
  December 01, 2018 PDT
  In Their Words: The Sentencing Decisions of Federal District Court Judges According to Judges and Attorneys
  Scott Harris

  In this paper, it is argued that disparate subnational social and political contexts help explain differences in district judges’ sentencing preferences.

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