James Olis, a former director of Dynegy, turned down a plea bargain. Because of the new sentencing guidelines for white-collar criminals, the end result of his criminal case was that:

A. he received a much longer sentence.
B. the guidelines had no effect.
C. he received a much lighter sentence.
D. the validity of the guidelines was questioned.


Answer: D

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