Sentencing is only one aspect of criminal process. Criminal sentencing procedures are a means to deal with the people who have been convicted of crimes. ... There are many theoretical aims behind sentencing and different interpretations on what is a fit sentence. ... The Clotworthy cases are excellent examples of where the courts implemented and deal with the restorative justice approach III. ... Cowan, the victim, with a knife. ...

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After that Pirone slugged Grant in the head because he saw Grant put his hands on another officer. ... On August 1, 2010, Marissa Alexander was in her house with her husband. ... Marissa Alexander was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. ... Michael Dunn felt threatened and he started arguing with the teenagers to turn down their music. ... This follows if defendants are awarded sentence or other concessions to induce them to plead guilty. (3) Because of the above two considerations, there is a trade-off between the number of convictions and the sentences received by person...

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Plea bargaining, in the American justice system is "the process of prosecutors negotiating with criminal defendants to secure a guilty plea, the bargain is between the defendant and the prosecutor, with the defendant agreeing to forgo his constitutional right to a trial and plead guilty to one or more charges in exchange for one or more promises by the prosecutor, usually a promise to dismiss other charges or advocate for a favorable sentence"[Dav07]. ... These seven reasons were: prosecutor pressure, secondary pressure, guilt, sentenced related, feasibility, acquiescence, and likeli...

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