For long, court judges’ discretion in sentencing has always been questioned. This study thus attempted to open the black box of judges’ sentencing to examine if any inconsistency exists in their sentencing standards and causes of the inconsistency. The research sample consisted of a total of 1,591 verdicts for homicide cases made by district courts around the nation during 2003~2008. Based on factors affecting judges’ sentencing, four variables including defendant’s individual factor, criminal behavior factor, victim factor, and judge factor were selected and used for analysis. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variances (ANOVA), and multiple classification analysis (MCA).

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