On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 21:06 -0700, Wes Contreras wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:59 PM, omd <c.ome...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Considering that Making My Eyes Bleed was originally adopted at > > Class-6, and ehird was sentenced to TIME OUT for a Class-14 Crime, I > > wouldn't put much stock in the Classes at all. > > Or perhaps the Class of Crime is only one element of deciding an > appropriate sentence. > > But then, in the absence of any form of sentencing guidelines, one > cannot rely on any form of consistency.
It used to be that the class of crime was directly proportional to the default punishment, and that judges could argue the punishment up or down from the default. I don't think the defaults were often used, except for the very low classes. -- ais523
