1.
After reading the Unit VII Lesson and Chapters 14 and 15 of the
textbook, please select one of the following topics, and give
your opinion about the impact it had on criminal justice policy.
Submit a substantive main post that enables student colleagues
to continue the discussion throughout the unit.
1)
United States v. Booker
(2005)
2)
Tapia v. United States
(2011)
3)
Kimbrough v. United States
(2007)
4) elimination of the medical model
5) overall sentencing and policy changes
6) determinant sentencing
7) sentencing guidelines with elaborate rubrics to guide judges
8) mandatory minimum sentencing
9) state truth-in-sentencing laws
10) habitual offender laws
11) elimination of discretionary parole