Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines
Understand Your Minnesota Criminal Charges Get a free case evaluationPrinciples of Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines
The underlying reason for sentencing guidelines is so that people convicted of a similar felony under the same circumstances receive similar sentences. They’re also used so felons who are substantially different receive a proportional sentence within the guidelines.
Obviously, prison is the most severe penalty but it’s not the only sanction available to a judge. Because state and local correctional facilities can hold only so many people, incarceration should be limited to people convicted of the most serious crimes or who have a long history of offenses. As a result, we argue on behalf of clients for a judge to impose the least restrictive penalty available, offering mitigating circumstances that may have resulted in a crime being committed. We seek what are known as mitigated dispositional and durational departures from the sentencing guidelines.
Obtaining Equal Justice for Criminal Defendants in Minnesota
An important part of our job as criminal defense attorneys is to ensure that the punishment fits the crime. Clients who have been found guilty of relatively minor penalties and who have no criminal history as adults need to have aggressive lawyers arguing for the minimum sentence allowed under the guidelines. Often, probation or house arrest is the most-fitting penalty while still serving the interests of the community.
Contact the experienced Minneapolis criminal defense attorneys and St.Paul criminal defense attorneys at Sieben Edmunds Miller.
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