... In terms of demographic features of sentencers, most judges reject the idea of ranking crimes in order of severity and instead adopt the idea of matching the severity of the sentence with the aggravating and mitigating factors of the offender involved. However, due to the fact that there is variation among judges, they will place different values on the same factor ... for example, manslaughter, counterfeiting and rape. The underlying concept of "the guideline judgements" is that the worse the offence the longer the sentence. Notably judges find the guidelines useful in criminal cases bec...

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