Types of Sentencing Mandatory Sentencing Topic 1: Sentencing Of the three main types of sentencing; determinate, indeterminate, and mandatory sentencing, which do you find most effective, and why?
A mandatory sentence is one which must be imposed regardless of any other circumstances. In Ireland, murder carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. The law lays down maximum sentences for all crimes. Generally, sentencing is left to the discretion of the judge. There are, however, are a number of laws which take this discretion away from the judge and they must impose at least a minimum sentence. A suspended sentence means the judge imposes a prison sentence but suspends it on certain conditions.
