News tagged with sentencing guidelines

Female sex offenders protected by the criminal justice system

Female sex offenders receive lighter sentences for the same crimes than males says a study recently published in Feminist Criminology, a SAGE journal and the official journal of the Division on Women and Crime of the Americ ...

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created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NY judge wants to hear victims in cyberbully case

(AP) -- A judge delayed the sentencing of an eyewear website operator who intimidated customers, saying he first wants to hear testimony from dozens of victims who reported they were threatened with violence, including murder ...

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Potential criminals deterred by longer sentences

Deterrence is often a stated goal of criminal sentencing guidelines, but there is debate about whether the threat of punishment actually discourages people from committing crimes. A new study published in the Journal of Po ...

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Gov't won't classify proxies as 'sophisticated' (Update)

(AP) -- The U.S. government has dropped - for now - a plan to classify the use of "proxy" servers as evidence of sophistication in committing a crime.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

US mulls stiffer sentences for common Net proxies

(AP) -- "Proxy" servers are an everyday part of Internet surfing. But using one in a crime could soon lead to more time in the clink.

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4