CASE 14.2 During the late 1960s and early 1970s, an unusual political coalition developed between liberals and conservatives. Both sides found considerable fault in existing sentencing practices. Although their reasons reflected fundamentally different concerns, liberals and conservatives defined the problem in similar terms: The criminal laws permitted too much latitude in sentencing, providing judges with little or no guidance on how to determine the proper sentence for each individual case. Which of the following is true for both liberals and conservatives regarding changes to sentencing structures?
A. They sought greater predictability in sentencing.
B. They sought harsher sentencing.
C. They sought more lenient in sentencing.
D. They sought to take sentencing away from judges and give it to legislators.
Answer: A
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