Add to ORKGJudicial discretion plays an important role in the sentencing process. Unrestrained discretion has the potential to lead to unwarranted disparity in sentencing outcomes. In an effort to constrain some of that discretion, the Federal Sentence Guidelines were implemented in 1987 so that judges were to consider just an offender’s criminal history and the severity of the offense when determining sentences. In the 2005 Supreme Court case United States v. Booker, these guidelines were ruled unconstitutional and in violation of the 6th Amendment. This dissertation examines sentencing outcomes in the wake of this landmark decision. Using data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission, this dissertation examines the ways that extra-legal characterist...
A central purpose of the Sentencing Reform Act was to reduce inter-judge sentencing disparity, drive...
This research focuses on judicial decision-making in the federal courts to determine whether unwarra...
As the Supreme Court has turned federal sentencing upside down in Booker, it has left a host of open...
Judicial discretion plays an important role in the sentencing process. Unrestrained discretion has ...
The United States v. Booker (2005) decision rendered Federal Sentencing Guidelines advisory rather t...
This Article presents new empirical evidence concerning the effects of United States v. Booker, whic...
For nearly twenty years, federal judges were required to strictly adhere to the federal sentencing g...
In 2005, the Supreme Court case U.S. v. Booker (2005) increased judicial discretion (U.S. v. Booker,...
The federal sentencing guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
Since the turn of the century, sentencing research has consistently shown that certain aspects of th...
Current empirical estimates of racial and other unwarranted disparities in sentencing suffer from tw...
United States v. Booker held that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines ( Guidelines ), as they were app...
In 1984, the Federal Sentencing Reform Act was signed into law. This act of reformation set a new st...
Until 2005, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory, meaning judges were bound to sentence ...
The much anticipated Supreme Court decision in United States v. Booker and Fanfan has both invalidat...
A central purpose of the Sentencing Reform Act was to reduce inter-judge sentencing disparity, drive...
This research focuses on judicial decision-making in the federal courts to determine whether unwarra...
As the Supreme Court has turned federal sentencing upside down in Booker, it has left a host of open...
Judicial discretion plays an important role in the sentencing process. Unrestrained discretion has ...
The United States v. Booker (2005) decision rendered Federal Sentencing Guidelines advisory rather t...
This Article presents new empirical evidence concerning the effects of United States v. Booker, whic...
For nearly twenty years, federal judges were required to strictly adhere to the federal sentencing g...
In 2005, the Supreme Court case U.S. v. Booker (2005) increased judicial discretion (U.S. v. Booker,...
The federal sentencing guidelines were created to reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities among si...
Since the turn of the century, sentencing research has consistently shown that certain aspects of th...
Current empirical estimates of racial and other unwarranted disparities in sentencing suffer from tw...
United States v. Booker held that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines ( Guidelines ), as they were app...
In 1984, the Federal Sentencing Reform Act was signed into law. This act of reformation set a new st...
Until 2005, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory, meaning judges were bound to sentence ...
The much anticipated Supreme Court decision in United States v. Booker and Fanfan has both invalidat...
A central purpose of the Sentencing Reform Act was to reduce inter-judge sentencing disparity, drive...
This research focuses on judicial decision-making in the federal courts to determine whether unwarra...
As the Supreme Court has turned federal sentencing upside down in Booker, it has left a host of open...