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Restoring Judicial Discretion

Federal Sentencing Reporter, 1993
As an 18 year veteran of the Federal Probation System I have personally experienced the changes caused by implementation of the guidelines. I was sworn-in as Chief Probation Officer for the District of Connecticut in late June 1987 and attended a national conference for CPOs two days later. It became clear to me within a few hours that my primary focus
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Judicial Discretion beyond Truth

2022
This chapteroffers an example of the role that hypothetical jurors play for another critical legal actor: federal judges. Drawing at length on one criminal case, it examines a judge’s elaboration of hypothetical jurors’ perspectives when applying a discretionary rule of evidence (FRE 403).
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Judicial Discretion and Defendant's Sex

Criminology, 1983
ABSTRACT* * *The judicial treatment of adult female relative to male criminal offenders is theoretically and empirically examined in this paper. After discussing various problems with the chivalry hypothesis and labeling theory–the two major explanations of gender disparities‐an empirical test is made to determine the accuracy of both perspectives.
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