Goals Of Sentencing Essay

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Sentencing is the punishment given to a person convicted of a crime. A sentence is ordered by the judge, based on the verdict of the jury (or the judge's verdict if there was no jury) within the possible punishments set by state law (or Federal law in convictions for a Federal crime).The primary goals of sentencing are punishment, deterrence incapacitation and rehabilitation. Juries maybe entitled to pronounce sentences but in most circumstances sentencing is performed by the judge.

The Criminal Justice System makes provisions for sentences other than a term of imprisonment to be given to offenders who have attained age 17 years but are under the age of 23 years and have not been convicted for any offence.

Ø The Exceptions are cases where: …show more content…

Ø Violence or threat of violence has been used in the commission of the offence; or The offender at the time of commission of the offence was in illegal possession of a firearm or imitation firearm.

The alternatives are: Paying Fines, suspended sentences, suspended sentence supervision order, admonished and discharged probation order and community services orders.

Types of sentences- Absolute or conditional discharge, probation, fine, restitution, jail and conditional sentences and prohibitions.

1. Absolute and conditional discharges- A discharge means you have been found guilty, but instead of entering a formal conviction against you, the judge discharges you. The effect of a discharge is that you have been found guilty, but you will not have a criminal record, as a criminal record is a record of convictions. If you get an absolute discharge, you do not have to serve any sentence – you are immediately discharged. Absolute discharges are not common. If you get a conditional discharge, the judge will make a probation order with probation conditions that you must …show more content…

Suspended sentence and probation- A judge may impose conditions for you to follow for a specified period of time. The conditions will be in a probation order. A probation order can last for up to three

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