Judicial Discretion

What do you believe to be most important in the matter of justice: complete judicial discretion or required oversight by the sentencing guidelines?

Judicial Discretion or Judges Sentencing  If judges are legislators and not adjudicators who are merely applying the rules they have been authorized to apply in the cases that come before them, what is it that gives their decisions legitimacy or authority? (Kronman, 1986) Take a position. Do you agree or disagree that judges should be […]

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