Supreme Court takes up sentencing factors case 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 14, 2013
Tags: Apprendi v. New Jersey, Criminal Law, judicial discretion, jury trial, Sixth Amendment, U.S.
WASHINGTON – In a case that raises the question of whether judges, rather than juries, can constitutionally decide factors that could trigger an increase in the minimum sentence, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed reluctant to shake up a sentencing scheme that Congress and the courts have relied upon for more than a decade.
