Perspective
Jan. 7, 2014
Mandatory minimum history cherry picked
Re: "History Ignored by Sentencing Law Critics," Dec. 24. By Kenneth G. Petrulis
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
Professor William G. Otis' attempt to use history to support his argument for mandatory sentences fails. ["History Ignored by Sentencing Law Critics," Dec. 24, 2013]. Indeterminate sentencing has been around since the end of the 19th century. Otis chose 1960 to begin his analysis, not because of any change in the sentencing laws, but rather because it was then that national crimes statistics first began to be collected. A revie...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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