Discuss the pros and cons of mandatory sentences. Do mandatory sentences remove discretion from the sentencing judge

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Discuss the pros and cons of mandatory sentences. Do mandatory sentences remove discretion from the sentencing judge and vest discretion in the prosecutor who may elect to charge a defendant with a lesser offense to avoid imposition of a mandatory sentence?

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Criminal Law And Procedure

ISBN: 9780495095484

6th Edition

Authors: John M Scheb, John M Scheb II

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