Fear of Judging Sentencing Guidelines in the Federal Courts

Name: Fear of Judging Sentencing Guidelines in the Federal Courts
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ISBN: 9780226774862

ISBN-10: 0226774864

ISBN-13: 9780226774862

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Authors: Kate Stith, Jose A. Cabranes

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For two centuries, federal judges exercised wide discretion in criminal sentencing. This changed in 1987, when a hopelessly complex bureaucratic apparatus was imposed on the federal courts. Though termed Sentencing "Guidelines," the new sentencing rules are mandatory. Reformers hoped that the Sentencing Guidelines would address inequities in sentencing. The Guidelines have failed to achieve this goal, according to Kate Stith and Joseacute; Cabranes, and they have sacrificed comprehensibility and common sense. Fear of Judging is the first full-scale history, analysis, and critique of the new sentencing regime. The authors show that the present system has burdened the courts, dehumanized…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Sentencing Reform in Historical Perspective



The Invention of the Sentencing Guidelines



Judging under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines



The Battle Cry of Disparity



Prospects for the Future



Sentencing Table of the United States Sentencing Guidelines



"Relevant Conduct" Guideline



The Complexity of Criminal History



How Sentencing Works


Notes


Bibliography


Index