Legal and Extralegal Factors Influencing Judge's Penal Decisions
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...These findings, although expected, are important because the magistrates’ decision process should be as predictable as possible to avoid discretional penalties, that is, a harsh sentence for some offenses with a low degree of social danger or a soft sentence for serious offenses (Micle et al., 2013)....
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...For that reason, in the last few years, sentencing guidelines have been developed to make the decision process more predictable (Micle et al., 2013)....
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...This criterion is based in the assumption that the magistrates’ decision process must be predictable to avoid discretional punishment (Micle et al., 2013)....
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...…findings, although expected, are important because the magistrates’ decision process should be as predictable as possible to avoid discretional penalties, that is, a harsh sentence for some offenses with a low degree of social danger or a soft sentence for serious offenses (Micle et al., 2013)....
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...Taking into account the multitude of extralegal factors influencing judge’s decision and some observation from literature (Mackenzie, 2005; Posner, 2008; Wrightsman, 1999) we focused our research on some specific issues as public and mass media pressure and personal experiences of magistrate as…...
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...Taking into account the multitude of extralegal factors influencing judge’s decision and some observation from literature (Mackenzie, 2005; Posner, 2008; Wrightsman, 1999) we focused our research on some specific issues as public and mass media pressure and personal experiences of magistrate as factors holding a potential influence on their decisions....
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