Mandatory Sentencing

Australian Criminal Justice Assignment 2
WHAT IS MEANT BY MANDATORY SENTENCING
<Tab/>Strictly speaking, mandatory sentencing refers to the practice of Parliament setting a fixed penalty for the commission of a criminal offence. On March 8 1997 the Northern Territory sentencing Act and the Juvenile Justice Act come under amendment. From this date any person over the age of seventeen found guilty of relevant property offences (see below) will be given a mandatory jail term of 14 days for a first offence. If the person is found guilty of a second property offence since th…