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sabina

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Fixed (determinate) sentencing:
 
  a. is currently the only form of sentencing in all jurisdictions in the U.S.
  b. is currently not in favor in any U.S. jurisdiction.
  c. shares the stage with indeterminate sentencing but is being adopted by more and more jurisdictions.
  d. is only found in mandatory minimum statutes.

Question 2

By 1970, which of the following ideas did NOT dominate thinking about sentencing?
 
  a. Sentencing should have rehabilitation of the offender at least as a partial goal.
  b. Repeat career criminals require severe punishment to incapacitate them.
  c. Many offenders deserve severe punishment because they have committed serious crimes.
  d. All crimes deserve some punishment to retain the deterrent potency of the criminal law.


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Alyson.hiatt@yahoo.com

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

c

Answer to Question 2

a


sabina

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Reply #2 on: Aug 16, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Aug 16, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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