A discussion of specific ways in which prosecutorial influence over sentences might be affected by sentencing guideline systems debated in Congress. The first volume contains the body of the report, with analyses and conclusions; the second is a technical supplement.
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Prosecutorial Discretion and Federal Sentencing Reform
January 1, 1979