Add to ORKGThis paper reviews previous research on the effect of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and builds on the previous literature with updated data from 1996-2016. The paper looks at the effect of the United States v. Booker Supreme Court case on the conviction rates of the Federal Circuit Courts using a logistic regression. Ultimately, I confirm previous studies\u27 results and I conclude that federal judges convict a lower rate. Despite this, defense attorneys still avoid judges, at the potential expense of their clients. I discovered large conviction discrepancies between Circuit Courts and ultimately recommend potential policy changes
While sociologist have long debated the relationship between the status characteristics of criminal ...
The Supreme Court\u27s recent decisions in United States v. Booker and Blakely v. Washington, invali...
For nearly twenty years, federal judges were required to strictly adhere to the federal sentencing g...
In 1984, the Federal Sentencing Reform Act was signed into law. This act of reformation set a new st...
This Note will explore the rarely discussed consequences that result when courts of appeals freely i...
Since the turn of the century, sentencing research has consistently shown that certain aspects of th...
The federal sentencing guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
Until 2005, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory, meaning judges were bound to sentence ...
This article argues that in addition to the swing toward increased judicial discretion and overall l...
This Article presents new empirical evidence concerning the effects of United States v. Booker, whic...
A central purpose of the Sentencing Reform Act was to reduce inter-judge sentencing disparity, drive...
Judicial discretion plays an important role in the sentencing process. Unrestrained discretion has ...
This research studies the impact of changes to federal judicial discretion on criminal sentencing ou...
Compared to the previous two years, the Eleventh Circuit issued relatively few published opinions re...
This Article takes a statistical look at the state of federal sentencing roughly a decade after Unit...
While sociologist have long debated the relationship between the status characteristics of criminal ...
The Supreme Court\u27s recent decisions in United States v. Booker and Blakely v. Washington, invali...
For nearly twenty years, federal judges were required to strictly adhere to the federal sentencing g...
In 1984, the Federal Sentencing Reform Act was signed into law. This act of reformation set a new st...
This Note will explore the rarely discussed consequences that result when courts of appeals freely i...
Since the turn of the century, sentencing research has consistently shown that certain aspects of th...
The federal sentencing guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
Until 2005, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory, meaning judges were bound to sentence ...
This article argues that in addition to the swing toward increased judicial discretion and overall l...
This Article presents new empirical evidence concerning the effects of United States v. Booker, whic...
A central purpose of the Sentencing Reform Act was to reduce inter-judge sentencing disparity, drive...
Judicial discretion plays an important role in the sentencing process. Unrestrained discretion has ...
This research studies the impact of changes to federal judicial discretion on criminal sentencing ou...
Compared to the previous two years, the Eleventh Circuit issued relatively few published opinions re...
This Article takes a statistical look at the state of federal sentencing roughly a decade after Unit...
While sociologist have long debated the relationship between the status characteristics of criminal ...
The Supreme Court\u27s recent decisions in United States v. Booker and Blakely v. Washington, invali...
For nearly twenty years, federal judges were required to strictly adhere to the federal sentencing g...