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State building a database that would let the public review, compare criminal sentences imposed by judges

State building a database that would let the public review, compare criminal sentences imposed by judges
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Ohio Courts Consider Uniform Sentencing to Root Out Bias

The Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission would enable common-pleas judges to electronically determine a felony sentencing, aiming to reduce bias and errors. But some judges worry the system will diminish judicial independence.

The criminal justice system does not always get it right, Ohio chief justice says

‘The criminal justice system does not always get it right,’ Ohio chief justice says Santos Chaparro/ASSOCIATED PRESS Wooden gavel and stand (ca. 1920s) used by the Associated Press Board of Directors at their meetings throughout the 20th century. (AP Photo/Corporate Archives/Santos Chaparro) By: Laura A. Bischoff | Journal-News Posted at 6:48 AM, Apr 18, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-18 06:48:43-04 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A team of legal experts is studying ways Ohio’s criminal justice system could be reformed so that wrongful convictions are caught and corrected earlier. The fight to overturn a wrongful conviction can take decades and enormous resources under the current system. The Ohio Innocence Project, based at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, has worked to free 32 innocent people since 2003 — collectively they served roughly 600 years behind bars.

2 Judges On How Better Sentencing Data Could Make Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: How long must someone who s committed a crime spend in prison? What s a reasonable sentence to hand down? What s fair? Those are calls that judges across the country make each and every day, and they do so without the benefit of what would seem to be a basic, obvious tool. In many states, courts lack a comprehensive database on criminal sentences, meaning that judges are often left to their own devices to figure it out. Ohio Court of Appeals Judge Pierre Bergeron and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael Donnelly argue in The Atlantic magazine that better sentencing data could make meaningful reform to the criminal justice system. They join me now. Welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.

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