Sentencing Hearings – The Criminal Trial Without a Jury: Using Game Theory to Promote Equitable Sentencing Outcomes INTRODUCTION During my second year of law school, I took an internship at the local courthouse hoping to learn something other than what was inside a casebook. On one particular Friday, I watched a twenty-year-old defendant walk into the courtroom with his head down, his attorney guiding him to his seat. His mother and sister sat at the pew next to me, tightly holding hands as t...