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Virtually every weekday, judges are sentencing rioters or accepting their guilty pleas while carving out room on their dockets for trials.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023

In our federal justice system, there are sentencing guidelines that judges use when a defendant is convicted.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

Judges who are sentencing criminal defendants often consider aggravating and mitigating factors.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2019

In Brownsville, like McAllen, magistrates are sentencing packed rooms of defendants in the morning and again in the afternoon.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2018

You are sentencing yourselves to each other for life; it's a long penalty to pay if you make a mistake.

From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack