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evelyn o bentley

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Which law authorized funding for additional state prisons and jails in order to ensure that convicted offenders serve a large portion of their sentence?
 
  a. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act
  b. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
  c. The Firearm Owner's Protection Act
  d. The Sentencing Reform Act

Question 2

__________ contribute to overcrowding and longer sentences.
 
  a. Sentencing guidelines
  b. Three strikes laws
  c. Truth-in-sentencing laws
  d. All of these choices



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d





 

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