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"Confessions of a Sentencing Judge"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this notable new commentary by former federal Judge H. Lee Sarokin just posted at The Huffington Post. Here are excerpts: There is no worse nightmare for a judge than learning that a criminal defendant whose charges you have dismissed, or who you have released on bail or probation, or who has completed a term of incarceration which you imposed, has committed a serious crime.  Fortunately, I never had that experience, but I certainly worried about it constantly.  When it appears that a woman may have been raped and murdered by a known sex offender who was within the justice system, the family and the public's outrage is palpable and certainly understandable, as in the case of Chelsea King.... [S]entencing is far from a science...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).