Why Has There Been a Decline in the Number of Cases

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why has there been a decline in the number of cases being settled in trials?

• A)Litigation is expensive.
• B)The federal sentencing guidelines encourage offenders to plead guilty by allowing judges to decrease sentences for those who take responsibility for
• Their offense.
• C)both A and B
• D)neither A nor B

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