"'I can’t tell a defendant you are not getting a jury trial because we’re out of money,' Worton said."
The Columbus Republic
June 16, 2018
Read MoreDefendants are regularly condemned to years, decades, or life in prison for minor infractions because of minimum sentencing statutes. If judges had more discretion in sentencing, then sentences could be more proportional to the crime, more specific to the individual defendant, and minimize the negative impact of minimum sentencing laws without inherently needing those laws repealed.
"'I can’t tell a defendant you are not getting a jury trial because we’re out of money,' Worton said."
The Columbus Republic
June 16, 2018
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