Reprint of article describing the judge's sentencing options in terms of the relationship between the formal sentence as imposed and the offender's subsequent treatment by the Parole Commission, the Bureau of Prisons, and the probation office. Examines policies and practices of agencies with postsentencing responsibility in terms of the policies' impact on the sentencing process. Reprint of 84 Federal Rules Decisions 175 (1980).
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Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded]
January 1, 1979