The Supreme Court waded back into the issue of prison sentences Wednesday to determine when a judge's discretion to impose additional time behind bars violates a convict's constitutional rights. Thousands of sentences in California could be affected by the outcome. The justices also heard arguments concerning a murder case in which an appeals court overturned a conviction because grieving relatives sat at the trial wearing buttons bearing the victim's picture.
October 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court waded back into the issue of prison sentences Wednesday to determine when a judge’s discretion to impose additional time behind bars violates a convict’s constitutional rights.
In two major rulings since 2004, the court has said that systems that allow judges alone to decide facts that lead to longer prison terms violate a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial.
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