<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>6660</rec-number><ref-type>Case Study </ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cox-White, Becky</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Althaus, Ruth Ann</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anestidou, Lida</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connolly, Peggy</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Keller, David R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leever, Martin</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Judge's Discretion in Sentencing </style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Criminal Justice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Law</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Legal Issues</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Legal Issues</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Law</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Criminal Justice</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study </style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/A%20Judge's%20Discression%20in%20Sentencing.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Association for Practical and Professional Ethics </style></publisher><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2 p.</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In April 2003, Congress enacted the PROTECT Act, a series of legislative mandates aimed to protect children against sex crimes and pornography. This bill also directly amended federal guidelines by limiting federal judges' discretionary authority to award reduced sentences in such crimes. Critics of these amended guidelines argue that allowing a judge discretion in sentencing provides a judge with the flexibility needed to assure adequate consideration of circumstances that the federal guidelines cannot adequately capture. </style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case from the 2004 APPE National Ethics Bowl Championship. Copyright, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, 2004. http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/ethicsbowl.html</style></notes></record></records></xml>