"We've all talked about the disproportionate impact of sentences for black and brown communities, even when discussing sentences for crack versus cocaine.
But the ruling published on Tuesday said the court found the "considerable delays in the applicants making any progress in their sentences had been the result of lack of resources, planning and realistic consideration of the impact of the sentencing scheme introduced in 2005".
If reality television shows have fueled viewers' appetites for the sensational details of courtroom testimony, jurors on many previous capital cases say that they were unprepared for the emotional impact of the sentencing phase.
The appeal court ruling from Sir Igor Judge will blunt the impact of new sentencing guidelines for magistrates, which come into effect on August 4, and suggest that a fine or community order may be appropriate for some adult offenders guilty of carrying a knife, as long as the blade was not being used to threaten or frighten anyone.
There is evidence to suggest that many of the women in the custodial system don't need to be there in the first place, and it seems hugely unfair, for instance, that the family impact of custodial sentencing is so acute for black mothers.
Miller is a luminous writer and the visual impact of her sentences carry something of the cool impersonality of an Edward Hopper painting.
Cut excess words to increase the impact of a sentence.
Any effort to reduce the prison population must consider the blunderbuss impact of get-tough sentencing laws adopted across the United States beginning in the 1970's.
The justice ministry says that no official estimate has been made of the impact of the tougher sentencing guideline, but penal reformers estimate that a further 1,945 adults and 200 children could be jailed if it were implemented.
