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Sentencing guidelines

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000202

A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use as one factor to consider when they determine the sentence for a convicted defendant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000202
FieldLaw
ReferencesU.S. Courts Glossary of Legal Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000202",
  "term": "Sentencing guidelines",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use as one factor to consider when they determine the sentence for a convicted defendant.",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Courts Glossary of Legal Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/sentencing-guidelines/"
}

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