Letter from Milwaukee

[Editor’s Note: Craig Mastantuono is a Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer who knows the importance of a good sentencing argument. He knows also the rather too-common perspective of the criminal prosecutor that the accused has chosen to commit the crime he or she has been accused of, and that the best corrective of wrongdoing is prison. Probably why so many long-winded folks call prisons correctional facilities.

At the link just below, he offers a corrective of his own: an evaluatory questionnaire that can help judges decide your clients don’t deserve as much prison as your prosecutor thinks they do.]

Trauma in Childhood & Criminal Case Sentencing: The Ace Questionnaire