There are two basic tendencies in the sentencing discretion system, that is being colligated and accurate.

量刑制度存在两个基本走向，即综合化与精确化。

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With the balance of sentence discretion being an essential component of criminal judgments, the unbalances of sentencing discretion has naturally become a commonly-concerned issue.

量刑作为刑事审判活动的重要组成部分，量刑不平衡问题也就成一个普遍性问题。

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Sentencing is at the discretion of the judge.

量刑由法官自由裁定。

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So the real question, then -- one made much more urgent by the prospect of the Supreme Court scuttling the current guideline system -- is how to channel and allocate sentencing discretion, recognizing that there is no way to eliminate it.

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In another case, some commissioners wanted to give judges greater discretion in sentencing for residential burglary, which under Illinois law carries a four-year minimum sentence.

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Justice campaigners said they were concerned about the proposals, revealed a day after Mr Clarke told MPs that judges should have discretion over sentencing and said mandatory sentences were not the British way.

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