Topic: sentences are so incredibly difficult
r04r started this discussion 13 years ago #32,874
i have problems forming sentences
Syntax joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #457,529
Did not no you were a judge.
dw (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 41 minutes later, 50 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #457,531
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #457,534
Syntax replied with this 13 years ago, 12 seconds later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #457,535
@457,531 (dw)
sen·tence
the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
"her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud"
synonyms: judgment, ruling, decision, verdict, punishment
declare the punishment decided for (an offender).
"ten army officers were sentenced to death"
synonyms: pass judgment on, punish, convict
sen·tence
the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
"her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud"
synonyms: judgment, ruling, decision, verdict, punishment
declare the punishment decided for (an offender).
"ten army officers were sentenced to death"
synonyms: pass judgment on, punish, convict
dw (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #457,536
Syntax replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #457,537
@previous (dw)
You're about as slow as Cathy was yesterday on TC (hope he did NOT have a heart attack after his horrid mistrake)
r04r said
> i have problems forming sentences
A common problem many judges have.
You're about as slow as Cathy was yesterday on TC (hope he did NOT have a heart attack after his horrid mistrake)
r04r said
> i have problems forming sentences
A common problem many judges have.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #457,539
I say
Just a few words
Then
Some more words
Until I'm done.
Just a few words
Then
Some more words
Until I'm done.
dw (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #457,543
@457,537 (Syntax)
> >i have problems forming sentences
>
> A common problem many judges have.
are you not in fact making this up
> >i have problems forming sentences
>
> A common problem many judges have.
are you not in fact making this up
Syntax replied with this 13 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #457,546
@previous (dw)
> are you not in fact making this up
Of the massive number of references on the web re Judges and difficulties re Sentences.
IF the hundreds of American judges who sit on criminal cases were polled as to what was the most trying facet of their jobs, the vast majority would almost certainly answer " Forming a Sentence." In no other judicial function is the judge more alone; no other act of his carries greater potentialities for good or evil than the determination of how society will treat its transgressors.
The average sentence for auto theft in the federal courts of eastern Oklahoma was thirty-six months, while in New Hampshire the average commitment for the same crime was less than a year. It is difficult to discern why the forging of a check should be twice as serious in the middle district of North Carolina as in the eastern district of that same state, but this is just what a breakdown of the average sentences for that year would seem to indicate. Last year, the average prison sentence meted out in the federal courts ranged from nine months in Vermont to fifty-eight months in southern Iowa. Of course, examination of the facts in the individual cases may reveal reasons which justify the differences. But, on the surface, the disparity in different sentences for the same offense seems unfair.
The fact that this problem is neither new nor limited to one system of courts is borne out by a study made several years ago of the sentences imposed in more than 7000 criminal cases by six judges sitting in a state court. One judge imposed prison terms in 57.7 per cent of his cases. Another judge committed only 34 per cent of the prisoners before him. One judge granted probation in 32.4 per cent of his cases; another in only 19.5 per cent.
What is a sentence?
What will the judge consider when deciding on a sentence?
What is adult diversion?
What is a pre-sentence report?
What happens at the sentence hearing?
What should I say when I am speaking to sentence?
How should I act in court?
What types of sentence are there?
What is the difference between a consecutive and concurrent prison term?
What is an intermittent prison term?
Can I appeal the sentence?
If I plead 'not guilty' will I get a harsher sentence?
Will I have a criminal record?
What is the effect of having a criminal record?
Can I get a pardon (record suspension)?
How can I find a lawyer?
> are you not in fact making this up
Of the massive number of references on the web re Judges and difficulties re Sentences.
IF the hundreds of American judges who sit on criminal cases were polled as to what was the most trying facet of their jobs, the vast majority would almost certainly answer " Forming a Sentence." In no other judicial function is the judge more alone; no other act of his carries greater potentialities for good or evil than the determination of how society will treat its transgressors.
The average sentence for auto theft in the federal courts of eastern Oklahoma was thirty-six months, while in New Hampshire the average commitment for the same crime was less than a year. It is difficult to discern why the forging of a check should be twice as serious in the middle district of North Carolina as in the eastern district of that same state, but this is just what a breakdown of the average sentences for that year would seem to indicate. Last year, the average prison sentence meted out in the federal courts ranged from nine months in Vermont to fifty-eight months in southern Iowa. Of course, examination of the facts in the individual cases may reveal reasons which justify the differences. But, on the surface, the disparity in different sentences for the same offense seems unfair.
The fact that this problem is neither new nor limited to one system of courts is borne out by a study made several years ago of the sentences imposed in more than 7000 criminal cases by six judges sitting in a state court. One judge imposed prison terms in 57.7 per cent of his cases. Another judge committed only 34 per cent of the prisoners before him. One judge granted probation in 32.4 per cent of his cases; another in only 19.5 per cent.
What is a sentence?
What will the judge consider when deciding on a sentence?
What is adult diversion?
What is a pre-sentence report?
What happens at the sentence hearing?
What should I say when I am speaking to sentence?
How should I act in court?
What types of sentence are there?
What is the difference between a consecutive and concurrent prison term?
What is an intermittent prison term?
Can I appeal the sentence?
If I plead 'not guilty' will I get a harsher sentence?
Will I have a criminal record?
What is the effect of having a criminal record?
Can I get a pardon (record suspension)?
How can I find a lawyer?
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 21 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #457,548
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #457,554
what does this mean dw
explain the joke explain it now
explain the joke explain it now
