THIS TAPE IS BASED ON CALIFORNIA LAW AND MAY NOT APPLY TO OTHER STATES. IN AN INTERVIEW ON THE POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE JUDICIARY IN SENTENCING, DISCUSSES A VARIETY OF ISSUES INCLUDING: THE JUDGE'S DECISIONMAKING PROCESS AND THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE IT, THE ROLE OF THE PRE-SENTENCE REPORT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE JUDGE, AND THE PROBLEM OF SENTENCING DISPARITY AMONG THE JUDICIARY. FOR THE COURT'S SUPPORT STAFF, THE PROGRAM DRAMATIZES THE SENTENCING PROCESS AS IT OCCURS IN THE COURTROOM, REVIEWS THE IN-COURT DUTIES OF THE COURTROOM CLERK, AND TAKES THE VIEWER THROUGH THE POST-COURT AND DISPOSITION PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AFTER THE SENTENCING. FOR THE COMPLETE SET OF THE SKLYINE COLLEGE COURT SUPPORT PERSONNEL PROJECT VIDEOTAPES, SEE NCJ-35823-25, 36202-28, 36230, AND 36231. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)