The main result of mandatory sentencing rules enacted in the U.S. in the early 1900s was
A) A reduction of bias in arrests and prosecutions
B) A decrease in the prison population
C) An increase in the prison population
D) An increase in the crime rate
Answer: C
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A) geologists
B) anthropologists
C) oncologists
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