Chicago-Kent Law Review Volume 52 Issue 3 Law and Technology Symposium Article 7 January 1976 Illinois Reconsiders Flat Time: An Analysis of the Impact of the Justice Model Patrick D. McAnany Patrick D. McAnany Frank S. Merritt Edward Tromanhauser Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Patrick D. McAnany, Patrick D. McAnany, Frank S. Merritt & Edward Tromanhauser, Illinois Reconsiders Flat Time: An Analysis of the Impact of the Justice Model, 52 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 621 (1976). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol52/iss3/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Law Review by an authorized editor of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. ILLINOIS RECONSIDERS "FLAT TIME": AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE JUSTICE MODEL ,PATRICK D. MCANANY* FRANK S. MERRITT** EDWARD TROMANHAUSER* * * Legislation has been introduced which would return Illinois to "flat time" prison sentences.' Though there is popular confusion as to the exact meaning of this term, 2 to professionals in law and corrections it proposes a return to a system that Illinois and most other states abandoned at the turn of the century.3 The proposal represents a growing sentiment throughout the country by the very professionals who for years have accepted the indeterminate sentence and parole as a given of the criminal justice system.