Your Textbook Names Five Major Criticisms of Determinate Sentencing

question 31

Multiple Choice

Your textbook names five major criticisms of determinate sentencing.Three are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms?

• A) It creates judicial disparity in sentencing.
• B) It creates overcrowded prisons.
• C) It merely shifts sentencing discretion from judges to legislatures and prosecutors.
• D) It produces an unusually harsh prison system.

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