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Federal sentencing guidelines on child pornography differentiate between production, distribution, and purchasing/receiving, and also include variations in severity based on the age of the child involved in the materials, with significant increases in penalties when the offense involves a prepubescent child or a child under the age of 18. [2]
The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.
This idea is supported by the findings of various studies, including multiple analyses of juvenile sex offenders by researchers such as Becker (1998) [12] and Miner (1997) [13] that have suggested that physical and/or emotional separation from one or both parents is a trait found in many juvenile sex offenders. Social competence has also been ...
The exception to this rule occurs when the court determines that such use would violate the ex post facto clause of the Constitution – in other words, if the sentencing guidelines have changed so as to increase the penalty "after the fact", so that the sentence is more severe on the sentencing date than was established on the date that the ...
Sentencing guidelines define a recommended sentencing range for a criminal defendant, based upon characteristics of the defendant and of the criminal charge. Depending upon the jurisdiction, sentencing guidelines may be nonbinding, or their application may be mandatory for the criminal offenses that they cover.
Dec. 7—The punishment for felony crimes in Minnesota may get a bit lighter, depending on an upcoming vote by the state's Sentencing Guidelines Commission. At a Nov. 4 meeting, the commission ...
The program’s deputy director, Jolanda Porter, spoke with Latune about her future in early December in the organization’s offices and told the teen she could be anything she wanted to be. “You’ve earned the opportunity to be a voice,” Porter told Latune. The hope is that Latune stays on a track that will make her dreams possible.
[17] The "Drugs Minus Two Amendment" changed the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines to "reduce the applicable sentencing guideline range for most federal drug trafficking offenses." [ 17 ] The Commission voted to make the Amendment retroactive on July 18, 2014, "thereby allowing eligible offenders serving a previously imposed term of ...