Sentencing and Corrections
The Eighth Amendment Protects against excessive bail/ fines, and cruel and unusual punishment
Goals- Retribution: Deterrence: Rehabilitation: Incapacitation: eye for an eye… Deterrence: Rehabilitation: Incapacitation:
History of Corrections- Ancient: Medieval: PN System: NY System: Hard labor (contract):
Types of sentences Indeterminate- Determinate- NO parole… but still can be released early
Types of sentences Presumptive (mandatory)- Disparities- Different outcomes in similar cases, at all levels of severity Imbalance in races represented
Concurrent vs consecutive: Types of sentences Concurrent vs consecutive: Parole/ Good time- How lose it? Not a sentence, extension of a sentence
Discretion during sentencing Presentence report- Sentencing Guidelines- To limit discretion and reduce disparity Examples, pg 285