DO LESSER PLEAS PAY - ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE SENTENCING AND PAROLE PROCESSES

• NCJ Number: 9721
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1973) Pages: 27-42
• Author(s): H J SHIN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Pergamon Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES IN SENTENCE LENGTHS OR ACTUAL INCARCERATION ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL CHARGE, TYPE OF PLEA, CONVICTION CHARGE, AND MAGNITUDE OF CHARGE REDUCTIONS.

Abstract

THE STUDY SHOWS THAT CHARGE REDUCTION MAY HAVE PAYOFFS TO THE EXTENT OF DIRECTLY REDUCING THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE POSSIBLE AND INDIRECTLY REDUCING THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME SERVED. THERE ARE INDICATIONS, HOWEVER, THAT THE PAROLE PROCESS TENDS TO NEUTRALIZE THE SENTENCE DIFFERENTIALS ASSOCIATED WITH CHARGE REDUCTION. THE RATIO BETWEEN THE TIME SERVED AND THE SENTENCE IMPOSED TENDS TO GET HIGHER AS THE MAGNITUDE OF CHARGE REDUCTION INCREASES. STATISTICAL TABLES ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)