Do independent research and find a felony criminal case in Florida (state court, not federal) where someone was convicted and sentenced in either 2019 or 2020. Answer the following questions once you locate your case:
Discuss the details of the case. Was this case disposed of after a trial or plea bargain? Discuss a few of the phases of criminal justice processing that took place up to the offender’s sentencing.
Discuss the sentence the offender received. Explain if this was an institutional or community based corrections sentence.
Which of the purposes of punishment do you believe support the offender’s sentence?
In your opinion, was the sentence just? Explain.