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Sentencing

• Agencies
  • United States Sentencing Commission
    Establishes sentencing policies and practices for the federal courts, including guidelines for sentencing.
    • Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manuals
• How Criminal Sentencing Works FAQ (Nolo.com)
• Punishment of Crime (Lawyers.com)
• Sentencing Alternatives: Prison, Probation, Fines, and Community Service (Nolo.com)
• Sentencing Guides (WI State Public Defender)
• The Sentencing Project
• Booker Decision
  • United States v. Booker (U.S. Supreme Court, Decided 1/12/05)
    Decision provides that federal judges no longer have to abide by mandatory sentencing guidelines.
• Forms
  • Motion for Sentence Modification (WI State Public Defender)
  • Petition for Sentence Adjustment (WI Court System)
  • Petition to Modify Court Imposed Conditions of Extended Supervision (WI Court System)
• Modification / Adjustment
  • Early Release and Sentencing Reforms (WI Legislative Reference Bureau)
  • Earned Release and Other Programs (WI Dept of Corrections)
  • Recent Legislative Action and Its Impact on 2009 WI Act 28 (WI Dept of Corrections)
  • Positive Adjustment Time (PAT) Sentence Adjustment Pro Se Packet (LAIP)
  • Sentence Adjustment Pro Se Packet (Wis. Stat. 973.195) (LAIP)
  • Sentence Modification, 2005 (WI State Public Defender)
  • Sentencing Reform Fact Sheet, 2009 WI Act 28 (WI Dept of Corrections)
  • Sentencing Changes Fact Sheet, 2011 WI Act 38 (WI Dept of Corrections)
• Presentence Investigation Report (PSI)
  • Alternate Defense Pre-Sentence Investigation Report (Jeffrey L. Murrell / WI State Public Defender)
    
  • WI Statutes: 972.15 "Presentence Investigation"
  • WI Statutes: 950.04(1V)(p) "Rights of Victims"
  • WI Admin. Code: ch. 328 sub. ch. IV "Records and Reports"
  • Forms
    • Order for Presentence Investigation Report

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: 302.113 "Release to Extended Supervision for Felony Offenders Not Serving Life Sentences"
• WI Statutes: Ch. 304 "Paroles and Pardons"
• WI Statutes: Ch. 973 "Sentencing"
• WI Statutes: 973.19 "Motion to Modify Sentence"
• WI Opinions
  • On Point Case Summaries (2010-) (WI State Public Defender)
• U.S. Code: 18 USC 3551-3586 "Sentences"
• U.S. Code: 18 USC 3591-3598 "Death Sentence"
• U.S. Code: 18 USC 3601-3626 "Postsentence Administration"
  Includes: probation, fines, imprisonment
• U.S. Code: 18 USC 3661-3673 "Miscellaneous Sentencing Provisions"

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Last Updated: February 25, 2013 | Up to Top