Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2011
Abstract
In this essay, Professor Robinson supports the current Israeli proposal for structuring judicial discretion in sentencing, in particular its reliance upon desert as the guiding principle for the distribution of punishment, its reliance upon benchmarks, or “starting-points,” to be adjusted in individual cases by reference to articulated mitigating and aggravating circumstances, and the proposal’s suggestion to use of an expert committee to draft the original guidelines.
Keywords
Penal law, Israel, punishment, sanctions, sentencing, criminal code, desert, judges, judicial discretion, mitigation, aggravation, sentencing guidelines, criminal justice
Publication Title
Hukim: Israeli Journal on Legislation
Repository Citation
Robinson, Paul H., "Comments on [Israeli] Proposal for Structuring Judicial Discretion in Sentencing" (2011). All Faculty Scholarship. 362.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/362
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Publication Citation
Hukim: Israeli Journal on Legislation, Volume 3, March 2011