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Sentencing by the Numbers

Date: January 2, 2005

Author: Emily Bazelon

QUOTE: Armed with the stats, you could predict the likelihood that a convicted drug dealer or thief standing before you would be arrested again in the near future if you let him go free...by penalizing offenders differently for the same crimes...the state has abandoned the idea that punishment is a form of ''just deserts'' for wrongdoing.

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Key People:

• Prof. Richard A. Epstein Esq.
• Prof. Paul Robinson Esq.
• Richard Kern

Key Organizations:

• Commonwealth of Virginia (State Government)
• New York Times Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission
    • Principles / Guidelines / Rules / Policy
  • Information
    • Complexity / Predictions / Modeling
  • Responsibility

• Law & Justice
  • Criminal Law
    • Criminal Justice System
      • Punishments / Prisons
  • Justice System
    • Judges / Judicial System / Courts
  • Legal Ethics

• North America
  • United States of America/USA
    • Virginia

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