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Israel now having well-worn debate over sentencing guideline system

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this article from Israel, the usual suspects are having the usual debate over a proposal to adopt sentencing guidelines for that country. Here are the details: A proposal to standardize prison sentences is expected to generate stormy debate in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee today, with the Public Defender's Office condemning the adoption of what it calls a "price list" that will encourage tougher sentences. Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz will attend the meeting to lend support for the plan, which passed its first reading in the Knesset in 2006 and is now due for second and third readings. The bill aims to minimize the differences in the sentences meted out by different judges, by mandating establishment of specific sentences for certain offenses...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 21, 2009 (boomark / email).