New York State Executive Advisory Committee on Sentencing Research, Hearing, and Study Files

Arranged roughly by subject or type of record.

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.

The series consists of meeting agendas and minutes; correspondence; written testimony and testimony given before the committee; consultants' reports; and research materials pertaining to sentencing, parole, probation, and plea bargaining.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.