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piesebel

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Concerning mandatory minimum sentencing laws, evaluations conducted by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found that:
 
  a. mandatory minimum sentences eliminate discretion.
  b. mandatory minimum sentences actually introduce disparity in sentencing.
  c. mandatory minimum sentencing provisions are used in almost all cases for sentencing.
  d. offenders sentenced to mandatory minimum sentences have higher recidivism rates.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the aims of criminal punishment that mandatory minimum sentences attempt to satisfy?
 
  a. Retribution
  b. Rehabilitation
  c. Incapacitation
  d. Deterrence


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Reply #1 on: Aug 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


piesebel

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Reply #2 on: Aug 16, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Aug 16, 2018
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