Which of the Following Statements Concerning the Federal Sentencing Reform

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the federal Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 is INCORRECT?

• A) To accomplish the stated purpose of the new Act, the United States Sentencing Commission was created to promulgate sentencing guidelines.
• B) The sentencing guidelines reduce the discretion of federal judges in imposing sentences.
• C) A sentencing judge may depart from the prescribed guidelines sentence based on defendant's education, sex, family and community ties, and employment history.
• D) Sentences prescribed by the new federal guidelines are not absolute.

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