Trends in Sentencing

Trends in Sentencing-Discuss critical trends In sentencing beginning with the mid to late 1970’s and continuing through the present.  Include in your discussion the movement from indeterminate to determinate sentencing, presumptive vs. advisory sentencing guidelines, the effects of mandatory minimum sentences, the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Blakely v. Washington and U.S. v Booker, recent trends in sentencing and the development of drug courts

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