Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 17, 2006
Dangers of Being Too Creative With Punishment
FORUM COLUMN - By Laurie L. Levenson - There have been many calls for the criminal justice system to become more creative in dealing with offenders.
Forum Column
By Laurie L. Levenson
There have been many calls for the criminal justice system to become more creative in dealing with offenders. Yet, as judges, prosecutors and defense counsel try to tailor punishment to individual cases, they have sometimes gone too far. In the last few weeks, state appellate courts have struck down both a plea bargain and a sentence that crossed ...
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