The Minnesota Senate considers determinate sentencing, which is designed to avoid inequities in court system when conflicting sentencing philosophies of different judges might send two people to different prison terms for the same crime. Judge Jerome Kluck (sp?) of Dakota County says each set of circumstances requires separate consideration by the court, and it?s not appropriate to have the same punishment for everyone. Some defendants would be served by lesser sentence, some greater. Judge Ronald E. Hatchee (sp?) says court should have discretion within certain limits. He gives the example of man desperate after being laid off who steals milk and bread for his family compared to man who?s a criminal at heart, vicious, who might have hurt someone, who?s a danger to society. Both judges want to retain sentencing discretion based on circumstances.