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The United States Sentencing Commission, an independent agency in the judicial branch of the Federal government that was organized in 1985, develops national sentencing policy and sentencing guidelines for the federal courts. The Commission's objective is "to ensure that similar offenders who commit similar offenses receive similar sentences." Its guidelines manuals, sourcebooks, case law compilations and analyses, sentencing statistics and data reports,...
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Essays from various sources provide a wide range of opinions on whether juveniles should be tried as adults in United States courts, examining the pros and cons and clarifying the surrounding issues, which include the death penalty, life without parole, and rehabilitation.