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    Mandatory Minimum sentencing usually is defined when a judge is determined to deliver a fixed amount of years in prison to an individual for a convicted crime. Most mandatory minimum sentences apply to drug offenses but it also applies to other crimes‚ like having an unlicensed gun‚ fraud‚ and many others. Mandatory Minimum legislature contributes to the truth that America has a systematic problem in the increase of mass incarceration and men of color are being deprived of their natural rights.

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    Sentencing Paper CJA/234 September 30‚ 2013 Sentencing Paper Earlier responses to crime were to be brutal‚ which included torture‚ humiliation‚ mutilation‚ and branding. These kinds of punishments often attempted to relate the punishment to the crime‚ as close as possible. The first response to crime incorporated linking criminal acts to sin and developing strict punishments. Throughout the years‚ this thought process has changed into a more humane system. The reason for corrections

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    Truth-in-Sentencing Laws Do Not Deter Crimes Nain Lizette Ritchey CJA/204 November 12‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Truth-in-Sentencing Laws Do Not Deter Crimes In the process of knowing whether or not sentencing laws deter crime‚ that fact in the United States (U.S.)‚ in the last 20 years‚ shows that longer sentences do not deter crime. After years of increased sentences and drain on the state’s treasury‚ we need to acknowledge this fact. In New York and many other states‚ the

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    FREE LEGAL AID INTRODUCTION India is a modern state that has accepted the concept of ’welfare state ’. Hence it has to work for the welfare of the general public. It is the function of the State to establish a just social order by enacting just laws and by providing equal opportunity to all to grow. Every Government is constituted to respond to the needs and aspirations of the people and to remove social inequalities among its citizens. This promotes social justice among poor and the downtrodden

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    Institutions Constitutional and Legal Framework Article 47 of the Constitution of India directs the State to regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties‚ and‚ in particular‚ to endeavour to bring about prohibition of consumption‚ except for medicinal purposes‚ of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health. Section 71 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act‚

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    This week’s reading focuses on the various types of sentencing theories‚ the types of sentencing options‚ and how they are applied. I found the just deserts and retribution perspectives to be interesting. While these theories are similar in their favoring of proportionality in sentencing‚ they differ in terms of when prison sentences should be imposed and the length of prison sentences (when they are imposed). Retributionists believe that individuals that cause harm should be inflicted with the

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    and cant’ be changed by a parole board or any other agency but may reduced by factors such as “good time”. While with an indeterminate sentence it consists of a range of the years that will be served. There is always a minimum sentence but the release date if any is uncertain. It is determined by a parole board when it periodically reviews the case‚ and could be given the possibility for parole. The problems that criminals with mental health problems face with determinate sentencing are the parole

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    Plea Bargains and Mandatory Sentencing I would like to take this time to explain my position on Plea Bargains and Mandatory Sentencing. I will show both pros and cons for each topic‚ as well as give you my personal brief on which one I support. There are two types of plea bargains : The first one is a charge bargain. When the prosecutor allows a defendant to "plead guilty to a lesser charge"‚ or to only some of the charges that have been filed against him. For example‚ a defendant charged

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    Argument against mandatory minimum drug sentencing There are many different argument both for and against mandatory minimum drug sentencing. However there are more arguments against mandatory minimum drug sentencing then there are for the support of the mandatory sentencing. One of the biggest arguments against mandatory minimum drug sentencing is that it was originally intended to target the higher level drug dealers but the majority of the cases have only been low level drug dealers. One

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    Sentencing Paper Rochelle Gordon CJS/200 November 12‚ 2012 Dave Ross Sentencing Paper Americans are so use to the traditional sentencing and the options that have been probation‚ fines‚ and going to prison. Concerning the way things were done in the past to now it has changed drastically. Sentencing philosophies‚ or the justifications on which various sentencing strategies are based‚ are manifestly intertwined with issues of religion‚ morals‚ values‚ and emotions. Talking about philosophers in

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