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CQXA

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The lawmakers believe that the legislature should set the penalties for criminal acts. This type of sentencing is known as:
 
  a. mandatory minimum sentencing. c. indeterminate sentencing.
  b. determinate sentencing. d. presumptive sentencing.

Question 2

Currently, the state uses sentencing where the offender can be released early from a correctional institution if he or she has served a required minimum portion of his or her sentence. This type of sentence is known as:
 
  a. mandatory minimum sentencing. c. indeterminate sentencing.
  b. determinate sentencing. d. presumptive sentencing.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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