A Rather Radical Approach to Sentencing Guidelines Involves Mandatory, or Determinate

question 8

Multiple Choice

A rather radical approach to sentencing guidelines involves mandatory, or determinate sentencing, which requires judges to:

• A) implement the three strikes laws.
• B) hand down sentences within a prescribed range.
• C) defer the sentencing decision to the jury.
• D) consider the defendant's personality characteristics.

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