Mandatory sentencing? Use [with] discretion
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2018
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Warner, K.
Spiranovic, C.
Freiberg, A.
Davis, J.
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Alternative Law Journal, 2018; 43(4):289-294
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When asked about sentencing discretion and mandatory sentences, jurors participating in the Victorian Jury Sentencing Study expressed strong support for sentencing discretion and weak support for mandatory sentences despite a belief by jurors that, in general, sentences are too lenient. This strengthens the argument that polls that pose a general question about mandatory sentences or sentencing severity divorced from the context of a specific case are an inadequate and misleading measure of public opinion
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Link to a related website: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1037969X18793967, Open Access via Unpaywall
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Copyright 2018 The author(s)