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DETERMINING SENTENCES
A judge will have a few basic guidelines for sentencing, as every crime has a sanction attached to it. However, within that sanction there is normally a range of severity.
A statute for a misdemeanor crime may say an offender must pay up to $1000 in fines and serve up to 6 months in jail, or both; it is up to the logic and common sense of the judge to decide on the most fitting penalty.
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