National Survey of Judges and Court Practitioners, 1991
The United States Sentencing Commission, established by the
98th Congress, is an independent agency in the judicial branch of
government. The Commission's primary function is to institute
guidelines that prescribe the appropriate form and severity of
punishment for offenders convicted of federal crimes. This survey was
developed in response to issues that arose during site visits
conducted in conjunction with an implementation study of sentencing
guidelines and was intended to supplement the information obtained in
the more extensive site visit interviews. Topics include the impact of
the plea agreement, departures by the court, mandatory minimum
sentences, the general issue of unwarranted sentencing disparity, and
whether this disparity had increased, decreased, or stayed about the
same since the sentencing guidelines were imposed in 1987.
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| issued | 1993-04-09T00:00:00 |
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| title | National Survey of Judges and Court Practitioners, 1991 |
