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Course curriculum designed to assist judges in developing sentencing practices that improve public safety and reduce the risk of offender recidivism. The curriculum is a one 5-unit presentation that uses Microsoft PowerPoint? presentation software. The CD also contains a faculty manual and several resource documents (in PDF format).
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The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution-more than any other right-since juries can serve as the final check on government's power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent can a jury be? How much power does a jury have to not only judge a defendant's actions, but the merits of the law? What happens when jurors decide in criminal trials not to enforce the law or not to...