"There should be tailored sentencing for every offence".
It will allow us to tailor sentencing, to customize rehabilitation, and to better structure societal incentives.
Congress, he wrote, had taken the job of tailoring sentences from seasoned federal judges appointed by the president and handed it to prosecutors.
While the guidelines permit judges some ability to tailor sentences if necessary, they still look to drug type and quantity rather than a criminal's role because they track Congress's approach.
The paper followed up with an editorial headlined "Brooklyn judge attempts to rewrite laws with an outrageous wrist-slap for drug felon"—perhaps overlooking the fact that federal sentencing guidelines have been advisory rather than mandatory since a 2005 Supreme Court decision, and that they clearly allow a judge to tailor a sentence in light of other factors.
Judges have no leeway to tailor the sentence to the gravity of the particular crime, or to reduce it in extenuating circumstances.Despite all these objections, few politicians have spoken out against such tough policies, presumably because they assume they have widespread public support.
James Fayette, an assistant district attorney in Anchorage, argues that since it's up to the judge to tailor sentencing to the individual defendant, it's not automatic that an inmate with a GBMI verdict will receive the exact same sentence as a regular guilty person.
The subjects carefully tailored each recommended sentence to the details of the infraction, its brutality and the record of the perpetrator.
There were great white shirts for him and her, a men's-y striped wool that executed as well in a dress as it did in parkas and pants and, of course, backpacks and duffels for the guys to complete the concise rugged-but-tailored sentence.
At the cash registers we spoke sentences tailored to convey our disdain, in terms so subtle it was barely detectable.
The psychologists found that people very carefully tailored their recommended sentences to the details of the infraction, its brutality and the record of the perpetrator.
