The text explains that sentencing discrimination results when
a. mitigating or aggravating circumstances have a disproportionate effect on sentencing.
b. disparities can be attributed to extralegal variables such as gender, race, or socioeconomic status.
c. similar offenders receive dissimilar punishments.
d. offenders who have committed dissimilar crimes receive similar punishments.
B
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