NCJ Number
25174
Editor(s)
L ORLAND,
H R TYLER
Date Published
1974
Length
365 pages
Annotation
EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF THE DISCUSSIONS DURING A THREE-DAY SEMINAR FOR FEDERAL TRIAL JUDGES, PROBATION OFFICERS, CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS, PROSECUTORS, AND ACADEMICIANS ON PROBLEMS OF SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS.
Abstract
THIS BOOK COVERS MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE CURRENT PROBLEMS OF SENTENCING IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM. JUSTICE IN SENTENCING, WHICH EMERGED FROM A SENTENCING INSTITUTE CONDUCTED FOR FEDERAL JUDGES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUITS IN 1973 BEGINS WITH AN EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF DISCUSSIONS ON THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL ISSUES: THE OBJECTIVES OF SENTENCING; THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO INCARCERATE A DEFENDANT, AND IF SO, FOR HOW LONG; THE DESIRABILITY OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY IN SENTENCING, EITHER BY COLLEGIAL SENTENCING OR APPELLATE REVIEW OF THE SENTENCE ITSELF; THE RELEVANCE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE OF PLEA BARGAINING TO THE SENTENCING PROCESS; AND THE INTER-RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SENTENCING AND PAROLE. THE SENTENCING INSTITUTE, CONDUCTED SHORTLY AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE PRISON RIOT AT ATTICA, HEARD FROM ARTHUR LIMAN, THEN GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE ATTICA COMMISSION, AND RUSSELL OSWALD, NEW YORK'S COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION AT THE TIME OF THE UPRISING, WHO PRESENT FREQUENTLY CONFLICTING BUT OCCASIONALLY CONCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE RIOT AND ITS AFTERMATH. THIS BOOK ALSO BRINGS TOGETHER A SERIES OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS DEALING WITH PROBLEMS OF SENTENCING. SOME ARE RELATIVELY NONACCESSIBLE STUDIES OF SENTENCING DISPARITY PREPARED FOR OR USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS. IN ADDITION, THE INFLUENTIAL SENTENCING STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE SENTENCING PORTIONS OF THE AUTHORITATIVE REPORTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND GOALS ARE PRESENTED IN THEIR ENTIRETY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)