What are the Federal Sentencing Guidelines?

What are the Federal Sentencing Guidelines?

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On March 25, 2019
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  • Federal Criminal Charges, Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Understanding the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Established in 1984, the Sentencing Reform Act created the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Before this time, federal judges had much more discretion regarding how to sentence people convicted of criminal offenses. Unfortunately, this discretion sometimes led to unequal sentences for the same criminal offense. The sentencing guidelines, however, helped […]
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The Federal Sentencing Guidelines

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On September 10, 2016
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  • Federal Sentencing Guidelines
In the 1980s, the United States went through a phase in its criminal justice system that we are still dealing with today. Back then, police, prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials got the ear of prominent politicians and the public, and convinced people that we had to be “tough on crime.” New laws were passed […]
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The Confusion of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On April 27, 2016
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  • Federal Sentencing Guidelines, judges, trial law
One of the interesting intangibles of the federal criminal justice system has always been the uniqueness of each and every judge on the bench. Even though they strive to make the just and fair decision, they are not computers. What one judge might think is the best decision to make might not be what the […]
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