When legislatures increase the harshness of criminal penalties, how do courts often respond?

a. the courts mitigate that harshness
b. the courts support that harshness
c. the courts implement that harshness
d. the courts apply that harshness


A

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a. can be large if we decide to have large increases in the size of our prisons b. is not large even if many offenders are placed in prison c. is not much different from zero and has little effect on crime rates d. is strong even with fewer offenders incarcerated

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What will be an ideal response?

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