Review and analyze the case studies reading assignment, and discuss the following:
Identify the main differences between determinate and indeterminate sentencing.
What constraints are imposed on judges when using a presumptive or determinative sentencing model?
Consider determinate and indeterminate sentencing.
What is the value of each sentencing model?
Discuss how 1 state uses each kind of sentencing model and how the decision is made to release a defendant from prison.
Reading assignment
Lynch, G. E. (2005). Sentencing: Learning from, and worrying about, the states. Columbia Law Review, 105(4), 933-942.
Bowman, F. O. (2005). The failure of the federal sentencing guidelines: A structural analysis. Columbia Law Review, 105(4), 1315-1350.
Robinson, P. H., & Spellman, B. A. (2005). Sentencing decisions: Matching the decisionmaker to the decision nature. Columbia Law Review, 105(4), 1124-1161.
