SENTENCING CRIMINAL OFFENDERS IS AN INDIVIDUALIZED ANALYSIS. WE USE “STARTING POINT” AND “SENTENCING RANGES” AS GUIDELINES AND A PLACE TO START THE ANALYSIS

“Sentencing must begin somewhere, and both starting‑point and range methodologies assist sentencing judges by providing a place to start in the form of either a single number or a range,” said four of the six justices who endorsed starting points. But they also acknowledged there is no such thing as a uniform sentence for a …

WAIT! WHAT? In the trial of the murder of a black man, you don’t want the jury of nearly all-white southerners to see your client’s confederate license plate because they might draw an adverse inference about his character?

https://www.rawstory.com/judge-deals-massive-blow-to-ahmaud-arbery-s-killers-allows-their-confederate-plates-as-evidence/?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1636149840&fbclid=IwAR13OyHJKFkHMDhOo2T4td98MrW-TvOysFL7Tn_ATdun6tCMEYXRSFQPjBU

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