Pros And Cons Of Unfair Sentencing

When a person is accused of a crime and found guilty, it’s the court’s job to make a verdict of their sentencing. At times those sentencings aren’t exactly the appropriate for the crime the person is being accused of or committed. I believe it’s only fair that regardless of race, ethnicity, illness etc. that everyone who breaks the law by committing a similar crime should receive the same sentencing time. For that to happen a reform must pass so that unfair sentencing can decrease and come to a stop.

According to the website ACLU many people are currently in prison serving “… decades long…” sentences that don’t equal up to the crime they committed (ACLU.org). Some cases go as far as a person facing life in person without parole and this is

CLRP has been working alongside ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office in hopes to find a reform for the U.S sentencing Guidelines. Recently, the WLO and CLRP convinced the U.S. sentencing commission to lower the drug guideline by at least two levels along with incorporating the new guidelines. Along with supporting reform efforts like Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013. One other goal that the CLRP wants to accomplish is making sure states give juvenile offenders who were given a sentenced without parole an opportunity to one day be released. They want sentences to be given a second look to make sure their incarceration time is appropriate for the act they committed or if the prisoner turns out to be innocent. Some judges are limited to what they can do regarding sentencing as there are guidelines to follow and it’s out of their reach to do anything else. This especially happens when drug offenses are involved and no matter if the victim was tricked into delivering, selling etc. they will still be sentenced based on the amount they had on them at the time of arrest. There was a case in which a single mother which had no criminal record was offered $100 for

To them “…. mandatory minimum sentences are the product of good intentions, but good intentions do not always make good policy…” there should be good result to the reforms being implemented (heritage.org). Many believe that by reducing prisoners time in jail it will help reduce crime but that’s unlikely to happen. According to Heritage.org when one prisoner is unfit for the reduction of their sentencing another prisoner will take their place, a method called the replacement effect. The mandatory minimum sentences provide the government to move up in the levels of the drug operations with the help of low to high offenders. If an individual cooperates with the government in giving valuable information his or her sentences may be reduced but it’s being overused or isn’t effective. It’s a waste of criminal justice resources in going through will the reform as money is lost with the process that follows the arrest , then in jail as well for that individual to later be giving a lower sentence. One of the prime examples of why some reforms wouldn’t work. Americans faith in the criminal justice system would be affect with the reform for sentencing if its comes into effect. The people expect for the system to severely punish the ones who commit any type of crimes and with the reform they will doubt in the justice system of the