Are sentencing guidelines essential to the fair and efficient operation of the criminal justice system? In the 1970s and 1980s, there were wild disparities in the way thousands of state and federal sentences were imposed across the country.
In response, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing was created by the General Assembly for the primary purpose of creating a consistent and rational statewide sentencing policy that would promote fairer and more uniform sentencing practices across the commonwealth.
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