Mandatory Sentencing and Racial Disparity, Assessing the Role of Prosecutors and the Effects of Booker

This Article presents new empirical evidence concerning the effects of United States v. Booker, which loosened the formerly mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, on racial disparities in federal criminal cases. Two serious limitations pervade existing empirical literature on sentencing disparities....

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1. VerfasserIn: Rehavi, M. Marit (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Starr, Sonja B.
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2013
In:Jahr: 2013
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