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Discuss the range of options available to courts when passing a sentence.
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a) Discuss the range of options available to courts when passing a sentence. b) Why do courts with concurrent jurisdiction pass different sentences? There is a range of sentencing options available to the courts, each one designed to suit the relevant crime that has been committed. This could be referred to as a "hierarchy" of sentences starting with a simple fine and ending with something more serious such as a life sentence. A sentence is passed, following a "guilty" verdict by the jury. Once this is passed then the judge attempts to find a punishment to fit the crime- the sentence. However, he/she has to take several factors into account. These are The Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and The Common law tariff system. The first Act stated states that judges have to now concentrate on a swing away from punishments based on a policy of...
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