CJA 354 Week 4 Sentencing Proposal (Learning Team Assignment)

Begin preparing Sentencing Proposal assignment, due in Week Five.

Discuss sentencing arguments with your Learning Team, including desired outcomes and intermediate sanctions to propose.

Submit a 350-word summary that includes an overview of your team’s discussion and the research you have conducted.

Cite to at least two (2) academic resources.

Cite to your text and/or your electronic readings.

Sentencing Proposal

          After analyzing the case of Stu Dents as a team we have all agreed that Stu Dents is competent to stand trial because after reviewing the scenario and the evidence that was given this seemed to be his exact plan from the start. With the pictures that he had in his home it was a sign that he was watching her every move and this is how his plan begun. Even though that in the victim’s home drugs were found there was no sign of drugs in her system nor did Stu Dents when he was arrested. By how Stu Dents was acting his plan seemed to be exactly what he did as it was not only him killing this victim but also kidnapping her and taking her against her own will.

          Stu Dents had pictures of the victim all over his home and that with his drug exams coming out negative he was not under that influence when he committed the murder. The situation that Stu Dents put himself in and after all the crimes he committed his sentencing should be voluntary manslaughter because even though he was not under any influence of drugs when he was arrested by how he was acting you could see that he did have a mental illness. Even though a mental illness cannot justify the murder of any individual but it helps understand better why he committed such crimes. A manslaughter sentencing only is implied where a death of another individual has occurred.

          This will only be part of his sentences to make sure that he is off the streets as soon as possible but other charges his case could witness can be kidnapping, and mayhem charges on top of what he already has. Under Michigan law Stu Dents can be sentenced to about 20 years of prison this is excluding the mayhem and kidnapping charges.

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