State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons, 1992


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Provides information & statistics on felony sentencing, felons convicted, felons sentenced to probation, felony case processing, regional variation in adjudication & sentencing & trends in drug trafficking in the state courts system. Topics include: estimated number of felony convictions, types of felony sentences imposed, mean & median sentence lengths for felony sentences imposed, & sex, race & age of persons convicted of felonies, by offense. 50 charts, tables & figures in a clear & easy-to-understand format.







Guidelines Manual


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Federal Sentencing the Basics


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This paper provides an overview of the federal sentencing system. For historicalcontext, it first briefly discusses the evolution of federal sentencing during the past fourdecades, including the landmark passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA),1 inwhich Congress established a new federal sentencing system based primarily on sentencingguidelines, as well as key Supreme Court decisions concerning the guidelines. It thendescribes the nature of federal sentences today and the process by which such sentencesare imposed. The final parts of this paper address appellate review of sentences; therevocation of offenders' terms of probation and supervised release; the process whereby theUnited States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) amends the guidelines; and theCommission's collection and analysis of sentencing data.
















Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.




Criminal Victimization


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