Governor Smith is particularly concerned with the fact that offenders are sentenced to a specific amount of time in prison but are being released well before their sentence expires. He wants to enact a law that requires offenders in his state to serve a substantial portion of their sentences. He is hopeful that these new laws will reduce the discrepancy between the sentence imposed and the actual
time served in prison. These laws are known as:
a. mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
b. truth-in-sentencing laws.
c. capital sentencing laws.
d. three strike laws.
b
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