All of the Following Are Ways That Prosecutors and Judges

question 10

Multiple Choice

All of the following are ways that prosecutors and judges can evade minimum mandatory sentences that they feel are too severe.except for one. Which is the exception?

• A) Cases can be plea-bargained to a lesser offence
• B) Prosecutors can lay related charges that do not have a mandatory sentence
• C) Charges can be stayed, withdrawn or dismissed
• D) lawyers can appeal their sentence to a higher court

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