surely the judge has to follow guidelines when determining what kind of sentencing a criminal that has been found guilty gets.. where can I find it? what is it?
2006-10-02 10:51:11 · 9 answers · asked by blahhhaha 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
State laws vary from State to State. Start at your library and start looking at the law books. Good Luck ! :)
2006-10-02 10:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you're in for some surprises. The length of sentences has a strong political bias. The actual harmfulness of the crime to people isn't the major factor in the determination of the sentence. It might be one factor, but the biggest one is the flavor of political correctness that happens to be in vogue at the time the sentence is handed down.
For example, an elderly racist in Maryland had a perfectly legal hobby of reloading his own ammunition. He was arrested on a technicality of storing his gunpowder in an unapproved container. You'd think this was a small misdemeanor charge, yes? Do you know what his bail was set at? TWO MILLION DOLLARS. And when the government sent fifty soldiers tearing through the elderly couple's home, they tied the racist's 70-year-old wife to the bed and left her there for eight hours.
A young racist woman in California was targeted for harrassment by the prosecuting attorney for her county. The reason? She was running a small business called "The Aryan Baby Drive," which collected donations of clothes to be given out to mothers of White babies. Since that's a legal thing to do, the prosecutor got sneaky. He found out that HER BOYFRIEND'S house had been raided THREE YEARS PREVIOUSLY and the police noticed, among other things, a can of gasoline and a bag of nails. Hey, I have those things too! The gas is for the lawnmower, and the nails are for home improvements and roofing and stuff. With this "evidence" in hand, the police arrested the woman for having access to "bomb-making materials." She was forced to shut down her baby clothing business.
Yep, political correctness has a much bigger influence on how the law behaves than any consideration of helping people.
2006-10-02 17:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The judge like any other citizen, must follow the law. Law dictates what the sentence is. Law is a very complicated, time consuming study. You'd be best off taking study courses of some kind that pertain to Law. Unless you have a particular crime in mind. Then , I Suggest Local library and librarian. Good luck.
2006-10-02 18:03:28 · answer #3 · answered by mld m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in some cases that's not exactly true.It really depends on how guilty the jury finds the convict so like a person who murdered someone else and it was intentionally the judge might say its manslaughter and not first degree murder and get a smaller sentence then someone who accidentally killed another. So it really depends, there really isn't an exact punishment
2006-10-02 17:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by Love_iz_Therapy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your state penal code should have soem guidelines in it. Federal sentencing guidelines shouldn't be too hard to come by either, for federal crimes.
Just remember to look for enhancements and mitigators in the sentencing guidelines. That can add or subtract time for the sentence.
2006-10-02 18:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each state publishes a web site with specific information. It usually is (your states abreviation).us.gov ie: WWW.tx.us.gov
2006-10-02 18:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by Cain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may want to check the state penal code, it may have the information you need.
2006-10-02 17:54:54 · answer #7 · answered by jon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CHECK THE STATE PENAL CODE FOR SPECIFIC STATE LAWS AND BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL SOURCE
2006-10-04 05:35:52 · answer #8 · answered by txpolice_85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
national statistics online?
2006-10-02 17:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋