Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Indeterminate sentencing is when the offender is sentenced to a specific term.
2. Throughout most of history, judges have had discretion in handing out sentences to
offenders.
3. Determinate sentencing allows for no opportunity for an early release based on the
behavior of the offender, also known as parole.
4. One of the key features of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 was the abolition of
parole boards at the Federal level.
5. In the case of Blakely v. Washington, the Court held that the state sentencing
guidelines that were used by Washington State violated a defendant’s sixth amendment
rights to a trial by jury.
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
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