Research


Administrative History

The Executive Advisory Committee on Sentencing was established by Governor Carey by Executive Order #62 (December 5, 1977) to evaluate the effectiveness of existing laws relating to imprisonment, probation, and parole in achieving sentencing goals, and to study and evaluate alternatives for change. Specifically, the committee was to evaluate whether indeterminate sentences are preferable to a system of definite sentencing, or if an option between the two approaches should lay with the sentencing judge.

The committee limited its study to felony sentences and also attempted to describe and analyze the presentencing stage of the criminal justice system, as well as the practical results of sentencing. The committee chairman was New York County District Attorney Robert M. Morganthau; general counsel for the committee was Steven E. Landers.