DUI offenders can receive a prison sentence of up to six months for a first offence.The length of the sentence is often determined by the amount of alcohol in the system and any damage as a result. A ban and a fine are usually typically administered. DUI incidents that result in a felony including causing death or serious injury, can result in sentences of several years.
mental health court
drug courts
Drug court is a type of judicial docket system that deals with non violent substance abusers. They have rules because the offenders who attend drug court, must follow them in order to get clean and sober, as well as prevent themselves from going to jail.
If you are found guilty of harassment in the second degree in court, you might receive a punishment that includes fines and possibly probation or another type of restitution. The punishment may also include up to 90 days in jail.Ê
fixed punishment for each type of crime
A specific deterrence is a type of deterrence that attempts to persuade the individual before the court not to commit further offences. If offenders are punished severely, they are less likely to repeat their illegal acts.
All should be treated as innocent til found guilty and sentenced. Then all the same type of offenders should be treated equally.
azkaban holds some serious offenders. o.o
The notion that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive at the hands of the law and that punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of crime committed (Criminology Today An Integrative Introduction, 5th Edition, Schmalleger) (Chapter 4, Part 2, page 146)
In Ohio - or any state that still allows capital punishment - a person who has been convicted and sentenced to death has a mandatory right of appeal to the state supreme court (or its equivalent).
Victimization Surveys
probationers awaiting violation hearings in jail.