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Sentencing trends & issues
Number 32 — Pre-sentence custody and other constraints on liberty
Date
May 2005
Authors
Andrea Hadaway
Pre-sentence custody and other constraints on liberty
This Sentencing Trends examines the sometimes difficult task of taking into account pre-sentence custody and other constraints on liberty. Two questions routinely arise for sentencers in this area of the law:
- What time should be taken into account?
- How should the time be taken into account or counted, given the sentencing option selected?