Recommended Sentencing - Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission

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The Sentencing Advisory Commission is pleased to report on the continuing success of the system of the Recommended Sentences that the Commission introduced in June 2004. This is our third statutorily required report under Section 558.019.6(5) RSMo.

In cooperation with the Department of Corrections, the Commission has conducted two annual reviews of its recommended sentences and has maintained regular meetings of commission members and professional staff members of the Department of Corrections and the Office of the State Courts Administrator.

With the publication of a Recommended Sentences User Guide by the Commission it has been possible to reduce the content of the Biennial Report. The report covers the activity of the Commission and the changes to the Recommended Sentences since the last report in June 2005. The statistics on sentencing disparity and the death penalty included in previous reports have been updated and there are, in addition, two reports on special research subjects initiated by the Commission: a recidivism study of the STATIC-99 sex offender assessment and a recidivism study of the recommended sentences using historical data.