In the 18th Century public punishment started to decline and the use of prison grew as a means for punishment. ... The new law 'two strikes and you're out' was introduced and the population in prisons started to grow further. This had a huge impact on the prison population and overcrowding was starting to become an issue. ... Is this just coincidence or because of Michael Howard's speech? ... Do the figures mean that the crime rates have fallen because the criminals are being caught, meaning prison does work or is it just because more serious crimes are being committed an...

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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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It has been said that because of the time it takes to fund, plan, and build a new prison, we are building prisons for today's fourth grader's. ... They do not benefit from probation, rehabilitation, or alternative sentencing. ... Policy As added incentive for their construction and use, many rural areas struggling with high unemployment rates clamor for prisons, public or private, because they mean jobs; and local legislators are often anxious to gratify these wishes whether or not the facility is needed. ... These include many people who have completed their criminal sentences...

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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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., drug addiction, mental illness, alcohol abuse) find themselves incarcerated in an already overcrowded jail or prison with little or no treatment programs to address their issues. ... In this approach, the court works closely with prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers, social workers, and other justice system partners to develop a strategy that will pressure an offender into completing a treatment program and abstaining from repeating the behaviors that brought them to court (Minnesota Judicial Branch 2012).These are specialized courts that develop expertise with particular pro...

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