Four entities shape justice:
a) The legislative branch --
b) The judicial branch --
c) The executive branch --
d) The Prosecutor -- (unofficial)
Sentencing Structures:
Determinate: 1700 - 1930 - Legislative branch
Indeterminate: 1930 - 1980-- Judicial branch - Executive branch
The rehabilitation model (1950-1974) – challenged
Sentencing disparity
Judicial discretion --
The Martinsen report 1974-- Ideology Shift -- Conservative response
Truth in Sentencing 1980
Federal legislation effect of state’s legislative sanctions
Habitual offender laws
The prosecutor – legitimate and illegitimate factors