How sentencing was hijacked by Congress and Presidents
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Retired US district court judge James Robertson says too many people are imprisoned for low-level non-violent crimes because prosecutors, not the judges, have all the power. In the current system, he says sentences might as well be handed out by computer. Should judges have more discretion to determine what's fair?
James Robertson spoke in December at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School. The q/a was moderated by retired US district judge James Rosenbaum and introduced by former Vice President Walter Mondale.
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