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Seeking better sentencing through better technology Down Under

By Douglas A. Berman

This article from Austrailia highlights another country that is using modern technology to try to achieve a more fair and effective sentencing system.  Here are some of the details from the article:Magistrates and judges are likely to have access to "live" sentencing statistics online when a major overhaul of the state's sentencing database is completed. Sentencing Advisory Council chairman Prof Arie Freiberg said yesterday it was crucial that courts had ready access to current, accurate sentencing information. Prof Freiberg said an online database would enable courts to consult sentencing parameters when imposing penalties.... About 92 per cent of all criminal cases dealt with in Victoria are heard by the state's 110 magistrates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 02, 2008 (boomark / email).