Criminal Justice: The Five Goals Of Sentencing

With the defendant's past history of arrests with gun possession and the sentencing that the he got i am serving him to 10 years in a federal state prison. The sentence that was given was determinate in which he can reduce his sentence down if does “gain” time. With the abiltiy to gain time he can The reason why the sentence is 10 years in prison and 4 years on probation is because in the past he was on probation but violated it then, he served 18 months in jail and violated his parole. To me the sentencing that he was given on both counts was a slap on the wrist. The defendant was still able to buy guns and be arrested many times for it. The five goals of sentencing that the defendant must contribute to is retribution, deterrence, and