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At Issue: Should Mandatory Sentences be Abolished?
CQ Researcher (2014)
  • Steven L. Chanenson
  • Douglas A. Berman
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Abstract
No sentencing structure can always guarantee the indisputably "right" result. But we should strive for greater fairness and effectiveness through nuanced sentencing guidelines and appellate review. Mandatory minimums within such a system are a tool of prosecutorial power masquerading as an instrument of justice.
Keywords
  • mandatory sentencing,
  • prosecutorial power
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Publication Date
January 10, 2014
Citation Information
Steven L. Chanenson and Douglas A. Berman. "At Issue: Should Mandatory Sentences be Abolished?" CQ Researcher Vol. 24 Iss. 2 (2014) p. 41
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steven_chanenson/34/