No two court cases are the same. The circumstances of crimes are never identical. And what sentence a defendant is ultimately given is determined by a number of factors, including prior criminal record, the number and weight of the charges, and the defendant's age and background. Some cases are heard by judges, others before juries. Many criminal cases are resolved through guilty pleas. Anwar al-Awlaki Hampton University Central Intelligence Agency But when we hear one person's sentence compared to another, the legal factors that led to the conclusion are often not known, and the question that sometimes remains is, "How did this person get so much more prison time than that person when this...
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