All Questions must be answered with in text citation
- What are the five major sentencing philosophies and how are they unique from one another?
- What are the problems with incarceration as the primary sentence? What alternatives would you recommend?
- What sentencing philosophy supports your favorite alternative? How are those alternatives supposed by a sentencing philosophy?
- What is the difference between disparity and discrimination? Why is it difficult to determine if discrimination exists in sentencing?
- Discuss the difference between plain error, reversible error, and harmless error. Include a discussion of the impact that these different types of error have on appeals.