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In U.S. criminal law, a proffer agreement, proffer letter, proffer, or "Queen for a Day" letter is a written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness that allows the defendant or witness to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against him or her.
A presentence investigation report (PSIR) is a legal document that presents the findings of an investigation into the "legal and social background" of a person convicted of a crime before sentencing to determine if there are extenuating circumstances which should influence the severity or leniency of a criminal sentence.
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During the sentencing, it was revealed that Fucci wrote a letter expressing remorse to the family for fatally stabbing Tristyn 114 times. But in it, he never apologised directly to the slain teenager.
They can also discuss the impact the crime has had on their ambitions or plans for the future, and how this also impacted their extended family. Some jurisdictions permit statements to express what they deem to be an appropriate punishment or sentence for the criminal. Others expressly forbid any proposal or suggestion on punishment or sentencing.
Relatives described convicted capital murderer Jerry Elders as a good guy who loved to have fun and spend time with family in testimony just before the defense closed its case in his trial’s ...
Judge Sarah Munro QC is expected to be filmed as she passes sentence on Ben Oliver for the manslaughter of his grandfather. First televised sentencing to make legal history at Old Bailey Skip to ...
In a letter, Northpointe criticized ProPublica's methodology and stated that: "[The company] does not agree that the results of your analysis, or the claims being made based upon that analysis, are correct or that they accurately reflect the outcomes from the application of the model."