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This 3 page paper examines the identity thief and what an appropriate sentence might be. Various aspects of sentencing are considered such as deterrence and retribution. New sentencing guidelines are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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has to impose a sentence. What specific information should the judge know prior to imposing a sentence? In addition to the monetary damages, the judge would likely want to understand
the motive and whether or not there were others involved in the crime. The judge might want to also know a bit about the defendant and his personal background. The
judge will of course want to weigh mitigating against aggravating circumstances to come up with an appropriate punishment. Punishment serves many purposes and so sentencing goals will want to include
things like retribution, deterrence and so forth. Also, the law must be first considered. In addition to ordinary state statutes, there are new rules as laid out by federal law:
"Under the new law, convicted criminals will receive a mandatory five-year prison terms if convicted of using or providing fake IDs to help terrorists. Providing fake IDs for non-terrorism-related crimes
would carry a two-year prison term" ("New law," 2004). While all of these things need to be considered, prison time is something that should be used with a lot of
consideration. Bickle (2004) explores prison life and one can clearly see that it is something for the extreme case. Does identity theft warrant such treatment? Is the crime all that
bad that it necessitates prison time? Obviously, with the federal statute, law makers believe that it does necessitate prison time, but that really does not seem like an adequate punishment.
Many people benefit financially from a scam and serve time in prison. Yet, they come out with money sitting in the bank to enjoy. One might argue that imprisonment is
not a relevant sentence and that a convict should only pay back the stolen money, but within the Mays (2001) work, one can see that swift and severe punishment is
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