Sentence Disparity Within the Courts.

What is sentence disparity? This term means that the judge does not hand out the same sentence, or the terms of the sentence, when convicting criminals who commit the same crimes. There are numerous factors that assist the judge when they administer a sentence to the offender. Some of these factors include mitigating factors, aggravating factors, and similar cases to the one's that the judge is currently presiding over. "There is an apparent disparity in …

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