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49 Ga. L. Rev. 433 (2014-2015)
Modifying Unjust Sentences

handle is hein.journals/geolr49 and id is 453 raw text is: MODIFYING UNJUST SENTENCES E. Lea Johnston* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODU CTION ................................................................... 435 II. THE EXPERIENCE OF UNJUST PUNISHMENT ....................... 440 A. INMATES WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES ................. 441 B. UNJUST PUNISHMENT .................................................... 443 1. Inhumane Punishment ........................................... 444 2. Unjustified Conditions of Confinement .................. 447 3. Disproportionate Punishment ................................ 448 III. SENTENCE MODIFICATION AS A RESPONSE TO UNJUST PU NISHM ENT ...................................................................... 452 A. IMMEDIATE RELEASE ..................................................... 455 1. Unfit Subject for Retributive Punishment .............. 456 2. Factoring Unintended Hardship into the Cost of P unishm ent ......................................................... 459 a. Equal Impact Analysis ..................................... 459 b. Ends-benefits Proportionality ........................... 464 B. PROPRIETY OF PAROLE .................................................. 466 C. PROPRIETY OF SHORTENED PRISON TERMS .................... 474 IV. PROPOSAL: AUTHORIZE JUDICIAL TAILORING OF CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT .......................................... 477 A. THE SCOPE OF THE MODIFICATION POWER .................... 478 Associate Professor of Law, University of Florida, Levin College of Law. I wish to thank Jeffrey Bellin, William Berry, Dorothy Brown, Jason Cade, Adam Gershowitz, Timothy Holbrook, Michelle Jacobs, Steve Johnson, Dan Markel, Rebecca Morrow, William Page, Meredith Render, Laura Rosenbury, Sharon Rush, Meghan Ryan, Michael Seigel, and Christopher Slobogin for their valuable comments and suggestions. I also appreciate feedback offered by participants at Emory Law School's 2013 Junior/Senior Faculty Workshop, the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's Sixth Annual Fall Institute, and the American Psychology-Law Society 2014 Annual Conference. I value the summer grant provided by the Levin College of Law. Finally, I thank Amanda Bennis, Stephen Carr, Rebecca Eikleberry, Chelsea Koester, Eric Pacifici, Patrick Todd, Daniel Tullidge, and Christopher Vallandingham for their outstanding research and editorial assistance. 433

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