Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion
Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED AND ORIGINAL NURSING PAPERS Home > Humanities > Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion Question Description Can you help me understand this Psychology question? After reading about the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 and the subsequent adjustments ordered by the Supreme Court, consider how these changes impact an individual judges view of a reasonable sentence. Then, in a post to the discussion topic, answer these questions: Describe how you would tell a reasonable sentence from an unreasonable onewhat are the hallmarks of a reasonable sentence? How does a forensic psychologists sentencing evaluation affect what would be considered a reasonable sentence? After reading about the changes to the Sentencing Reform Act, do you agree with the Supreme Court decisions to grant more discretion to federal judges? Why or why not? link to lecture https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias sentencing reform act Unformatted Attachment Preview EVENTUS MAINE LLC Pre-Sentencing Psychological Evaluation Name: Jules Bronson Date of Birth: April 18, 1977 Evaluation Date: February 22, 2010 Date of Report: March 1, 2010 Evaluation Methods: Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, second edition (K-BIT2); Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III); Rorschach Inkblot Test; Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI-3); Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI); record review; client interview Examiner: William M. Barter, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist Background: Mr. Bronson was referred to Eventus by his attorney, Thomas J. Connolly, for the purpose of a pre-sentencing psychological evaluation. Evaluation Objectives: The purpose of this evaluation is to determine to the best extent possible Mr. Bronson? psychological and emotional functioning and how it may impact his interaction with society and with others in general. Recommendations for sentencing, placement, and treatment will be made as appropriate. Informed Consent: At his initial meeting with Dr. Barter, informed consent for services was obtained from Mr. Bronson. He affirmed understanding that the purpose of the evaluation was to assess his current psychological and emotional functioning. He affirmed that he understood the non-confidential nature of the evaluation if allegations of child abuse or elder abuse arose in the course of the interview. Finally, he affirmed understanding the risks and benefits of undergoing such an evaluation. After the evaluation process was explained to him, he had no questions for Dr. Barter. He was made aware that he could terminate the evaluation at any time, and that he could postpone the evaluation to consult an attorney. Record Review: Upon referral to Eventus, two distinct sets of records were provided, one of which is the history of the criminal activity that took place in April 2001 when Mr. Bronson held up Pico?s Pizza in Westbrook. The investigative report of the Westbrook Police Department was made available and in the course of conducting the investigation, the Westbrook Police were able to elicit fairly detailed confession by Mr. Bronson not only about the robbery but also another area robbery. Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion On May 5, 2001 just two weeks after the offense, Mr. Bronson sent an apology letter to Maria Lonzo, the owner of Pico?s Pizza. On December 29, 2001, Gary McKenney, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, verified that Mr. Bronson had completed phases one, two, and 68 PLEASANT ST., BRU NSWICK, ME 04011 -2203 PHONE: 207.782.7720 FAX: 207.333.3232 Jules Bronson Psychological Report Page 2 of 11 three and was currently enrolled in phase four of the substance abuse education and counseling program at the Cumberland County Jail. Mr. McKenney went on to state that by completing 24 hours of group counseling and 1 hour of individual counseling, Mr. Bronson had demonstrated a commitment to recovery and a dedication to improving the quality of his life. On March 6, 2003, a sentencing memo was produced by Joel Vincent, the attorney for Jules Bronson, relative to the 2001 robbery of Pico?s and Pizza Hut. Mr. Vincent cited Mr. Bronson? turbulent childhood and history of abuse. His attorney believed that Mr. Bronson was a viable candidate for the adult drug court as a condition of probation because he had complied with his treatment while incarcerated. Mr. Vincent argued for an unsuspended sentence of three years and a period of probation of six years with a condition of probation that he be screened for the adult drug court. On April 4, 2003, the Honorable Robert E. Crowley of the Superior Court in Cumberland County sentenced Mr. Bronson to 14 years with all but 7 years suspended and 6 years of probation for the robberies. According to Attorney Connolly, while at the pre-release at the county jail during the nine months prior to release, Mr. Bronson did very well. The structured environment and the availability of productive work while at the pre-release center allowed him to do so. He was drug free and motivated and he was creating a business and establishing himself as a dependable painter. However, according to Mr. Connolly, upon Mr. Bronson? release from the pre-release center, he failed within the first few hours. This occurred when he went to his wife?s apartment upon his release and found her in a vulnerable and distressed state. She was reportedly in need of a fix and begged her husband for his help. Mr. Bronson helped her obtain drugs and she then convinced him that it would be okay for him to use also, which he did. Mr. Bronson then engaged in a shoplifting spree with his wife and a friend.Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion He shared in some of the proceeds of the theft of items that he sold on behalf of the others involved. At the end of October 2009, Probation Officer Tamson Ross filed a Motion for Probation Revocation because Mr. Bronson failed to report police contact and failed to refrain from the use of unlawful drugs. He also failed to report to probation within 48 hours of release, which took place on August 27, 2009. He also failed to refrain from new criminal conduct in that he committed the offensive theft class C in South Portland. Despite being told to report for probation on October 5, 2009, Mr. Bronson failed to do so. On October 17, 2009, Probation Officer Tamson Ross produced a Level of Service Inventory report that indicated high risk for Mr. Bronson and a recommendation of no bail and full revocation of probation. Upon referral to Eventus, Mr. Bronson? attorney also provided a 13 page handwritten autobiographical history presented by Mr. Bronson. Mr. Bronson detailed some of the family dysfunction, which he also spoke of in the evaluation that follows. Jules Bronson Psychological Report Page 3 of 11 Personal History: Mr. Bronson stated that he was born in Portland, the son of Frank Loranzo and Lola Bronson. He stated that Frank and Lola had two children and this included himself and his younger sister, Crystal. He stated that both of his parents have a child from subsequent relationships. He said that he was two years old when his parents separated and that for a time he lived with his maternal grandmother. He stated that at the age of three he was sexually molested by his grandmother?s brother. He stated that his mother pushed the children aside and was in a relationship with a man on and off. He stated that he would live with his grandmother during those times of uncertainty and sometimes his mother would live with them as well. He stated that he remembers the whole sexual abuse like it happened yesterday. He said that the abuse was just reported within the family and it was a big family secret. He stated that for a while his mother came and got the children when she found out about the abuse, but she did not keep the children for an extended period of time. He stated that he went back and forth between paternal and maternal grandmothers. He said that his father was not in his life at all. He said that he knows his father but they are not close. He described his mother as currently being a best friend and said that he talks to her five or six times daily. Mr. Bronson stated that he and his family lived off the state but they got what they needed to grow up. He stated that he grew up in the City of Portland and his mother worked off and on. He does not recall his father ever paying child support. He then stated that the father did not do shit for the family. He stated that his father still works as a trainer and was a serious body builder with a full gym on the second floor of his mother?s house. Mr. Bronson stated that there were no other instances of child sex abuse. He stated that the abuse that he suffered at the age of three consisted of his great uncle making him perform fellatio, which he called a blowjob. He stated that it only happened once and he does not remember if his uncle ejaculated. He stated that he tried to run away but he pulled him the hair back into the boiler room to sexually abuse him. He stated that he never had counseling for the abuse. He stated that he has never really had mental health treatment at all. Mr. Bronson stated that he attended Portland public schools and was a good student in elementary school, so much so that he was allowed to skip the fourth grade. Mr. Bronson stated that he was expelled from King Middle School and he also got into a fight at Lyman Moore. He stated that he was transferred to Lincoln Middle School where a teacher took him under his wing. He said that he liked to draw and he came in second in a New England drawing contest sponsored by Shop n Save. He stated that he attended Deering High School and left in the middle of the tenth grade. Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion He said that at that time he was having a lot of problems at home and his sister was in and out of Jackson Brook Institute (now Spring Harbor Hospital). He stated that his mother was never there for the children and so he had to take care of himself and get himself ready for school every day. Jules Bronson Psychological Report Page 4 of 11 Mr. Bronson stated that he was expelled from Deering for fighting and he spit on the principal. He stated that he then went to the school on Douglas Street and Bill Suttleworth was the principal and helped him out a great deal. He was also allowed to continue in sports as long as he stayed in school. He stated that he was in and out of school, however, and ran away at the age of 15 and never graduated from high school. He stated that he played basketball at a Boy?s Club. He said that he has since obtained his GED at the Cumberland County Jail. With regard to his educational goals, Mr. Bronson stated that he is trying to go back to get an electrician?s license. Asked about significant relationships, Mr. Bronson stated that the mother of his oldest child is named Willita. He said that this was a two-week relationship and he has no contact with the child that was born of that relationship. He stated that he was then with a girl named Naomi for 5 years until the age of 20. He stated that it was the worst relationship ever and that they stayed with Naomi?s mother but when her mother was evicted, they moved from house to house. He stated that Naomi would sleep around with other guys even when she was a teenager and they were adults. He said that she was sleeping with all of his friends. He said that he was not able to leave her for some reason, however. He stated that it got to the point of him doing drugs really bad and he ultimately chose drugs over Naomi. He stated that she gave him an ultimatum of the drugs or her and he chose the drugs. He stated that whenever she started liking somebody else she would put a PFA on him. He stated that there was no violence between them and that he has never hit a woman. Mr. Bronson stated that he was in a relationship with Liz, who is also the mother of a child of his. He stated that he met her because a good friend was with her for one-year prior. He stated that he was with Liz for one and a half years until he went to jail for robbery. He stated that the child?s name is Dearly Love Bronson. He stated that she was 3 months pregnant when he went into jail and she waited 14 months before breaking off the relationship. He stated that subsequently he found out that she lied about having been unfaithful. Mr. Bronson stated that he was subsequently in a relationship with Keisha for three years but he was in jail and he met her through an old roommate. He stated that she would write to him and visit. He said that they had no children and that she slept with somebody else and told him about it five months before he was released. Mr. Bronson stated that his wife?s name is Kulani and that he met her through a cousin. He stated that he met her in November 2007 and was with her until he was jailed in October 2009. Asked why he married her and none of the other women, he stated that she wanted to get married but he did not. He stated that when she insisted on going to City Hall and getting married, he responded, Whatever let?s go.Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion He stated that everything was Kulani?s way and what she wanted to do and that she has control over everything. He stated that she is currently pregnant but he is not sure if the child is his. He said that he has filed for divorce. He stated that on August 27, 2009 he had done nine months and when he got home she was dopesick. He stated that he talked to her about getting clean but he ended up going out and getting drugs for her and she was too sick to use the drugs so he did the drugs himself. He stated that they engaged in theft and Kulani subsequently Jules Bronson Psychological Report Page 5 of 11 went to rehabilitation and is now on Subutex. He described their relationship as a lot of guys, girls, and money. He stated that he and Kulani got money for doing shows for people and having sex in front of people. He stated that he engaged in some private dancing and some prostitution as well. He then added that he is not in any relationships now and he is finished with relationships while he concentrates on himself because he is clean. He added, however, that he hates being alone. Asked about his health, Mr. Bronson stated that he is generally healthy except that he has Hepatitis C from IV drug use. He stated that he is not currently on treatment for Hepatitis C because it is not acute. Mr. Bronson stated that when he was 18 a benign tumor was removed from his kidney. He stated that the Hepatitis C was diagnosed in 2003. He stated that he is not HIV positive and has no other STDs. He also stated that he has 20/20 vision and good hearing. Asked about substance use or abuse, Mr. Bronson stated that at the age of 14 he started using alcohol and he drank throughout his teen years and was in and out of bars. He stated that he hung out with older men and they would get alcohol for him. He stated that his uncle would take him to bars and slip him drinks. He stated that he was in a car accident at the age of 18 and started using pain pills and quickly became addicted. He stated that he is not a marijuana smoker. He stated that he got into street drugs and bought OxyContin and did a lot of heroin. He stated that his aunt showed him how to inject drugs and he enjoyed it a lot more. He added, however, that his aunt died of a drug overdose. Mr. Bronson stated that he has been at the Mercy Detoxification for three-day programs. He stated that when he has not had anything he would go through withdrawals and it is the last option. He stated that he never went to Mercy to get into recovery and Mercy eventually stopped taking him. He stated that even while he was on Methadone, he was still shooting Oxys. He stated that at one point he went through $170,000 in drugs. He said that he does not attend recovery groups in jail because even though there is AA, people do not take it seriously. In terms of what the drugs do for him, Mr. Bronson stated that he does not care about anything around him when he is on drugs. He stated that he is relaxed and nothing else matters. He stated that he feels like he can talk and he feels sheltered by the drug feeling. He stated that he never really trusted anybody to talk to. Mr. Bronson stated that he plans to stay clean and wants to get out to a rehab and go to get his electrician?s license. He stated that he would like to take advantage of the drug court system. Mr. Bronson stated that the time in jail does not bother him but it is what happens when he gets out that makes him concerned. He stated that he needs a good solid program to change the pattern of his life. He said that he gets very discouraged. He said nothing is changing because jail is what he knows. He stated that in general the judge and the DA have not supported drug court but he hopes that this changes. Jules Bronson Psychological Report Page 6 of 11 Regarding criminal history, Mr. Bronson stated that he has two charges for class A armed robbery in Cumberland County and one charge of robbery conspiracy and attempted in York County. He stated that he was on probation for assault in 1998 but forgets who the victim was. He stated that he violated his probation a lot back then and had dirty urine tests and did 30 days. He stated that that particular probation is finished. He stated that he is currently on probation hold because of being caught stealing from Target in the fall of 2009. He stated that he has never had any trafficking or possession charges or any drug related charges. He also stated that he is awaiting sentencing for violating probation and failure to report. Mr. Bronson was asked to talk a little more about his childhood and sexual history given his victimization. He stated that at the age of 10 he was checking his body development and his stepfather saw him and beat him up for it. He stated that after he beat him up and left him on the floor he called him a faggot. He described his puberty as normal. He said that he became sexually active at the age of 15. He stated that he had some normal adolescent sexual experimentation with friends, etc. He described himself as primarily heterosexual. He stated that he does not remember being sexually abused as an older child. He stated that the grandmother does not believe the allegations from when he was three years old. He stated that he forgives his abuser to some extent because his great uncle, the perpetrator, is now dying and is an old man. Mr. Bronson stated that he has never been forced to have sex and never forced anybody to have sex. Despite his statement that he had never been sexually abused as an older child, Mr. Bronson went on to describe a family friend who was in his sixties who would buy him things and would leave him (Mr. Bronson) feeling beholden for the generosity. He stated that this 60-year-old man took him snowmobiling up in northern Maine when he was only 14 and he gave him alcohol. He sated that he came in and out of consciousness on the bed and was naked with this man kneeling next to him. He stated that he kept him there for two days despite the fact that he begged to go home to see his mother. He stated that he finally called home and this man became nervous and took him home. When asked by the evaluator if he felt that he might have been sexually abused by this man, he seemed a bit surprised at first but then realized that even as a teenager he had been exploited by adults sexually, likely including this 60-year-old man. Mr. Bronson stated that he has no history of counseling. He stated that he has no history at the Long Creek Youth Development Center. He stated that he has no history of being in group homes and no history of psychiatric treatment. He stated, however, that he knows he self-medicates when he is feeling bad psychologically. Mr. Bronson stated that he sometimes has racing thoughts but not when he is using drugs. He denied having any racing thoughts during our interview. He described some dysphoric periods, but he said that he does fairly well in controlled settings such as the jail. He said, however, that there are periods during which he cannot stop crying and things just build up inside and let loose. He stated that he always has had a hard time trusting people. He stated that despite his mood dysregulation he is never a violent person. Mr. Bronson Jules Bronson Psychological Report Page 7 of 11 stated that he has a good appetite and that he works out and does yoga and meditates. He said that he sleeps about eight hours at night. He stated that he takes Doxepin to help him sleep. He said that he has also been diagnosed with PTSD. He denied any visual or auditory hallucinations. When given a mental status exam, he was fully oriented to person, time, and place. Mr. Bronson stated that a gentleman by the name of Donald, who started out as a pen pal, has taken him under his wing and has been very helpful. He stated that Don is nearing retirement and is a successful businessman. He Purchase answer to see full attachment. Southern New Hampshire University Sentencing and Reasonableness Discussion. Get a 10 % discount on an order above $ 100 Use the following coupon code : NURSING10
