The federal sentencing guidelines were enacted in an effort:
a. to eliminate sentencing disparities among federal court jurisdictions
b. to impose the maximum punishments for those convicted of federal crimes
c. to eliminate early release for federal felons to increase their punishment
d. to punish the low-level drug offender to start the fight in the "War on Drugs"
A
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