You are a prisoner who has served three years of a five-year mandatory sentence for a drug violation. Given that your sentence was a mandatory minimum sentence, what possible explanations might there be for your lawyer's visit to the prison to tell you that you were being considered for early release?

What will be an ideal response?


Students' answers will vary.

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