Monthly Archives: May 2016

Australian jurors and judges disagree on sentencing

Posted on May 3, 2016 by pauliticalscience

Written by Ethan Paul, undergraduate student at the Pennsylvania State University In a soon-to-be published study, Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner, former director of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute, found that juries consistently bestow more lenient sentences than do judges. Warner … Continue reading →

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