Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Asian Americans receive harsher sentences on average than Whites or African Americans.
2. In 1988, Congress passed the U.S. Sentencing Commission Report which established a 100 to 1 quantity ratio differential between powder and crack cocaine.
3. The PSI is not an important document in regard to sentencing.
4. In the federal system, probation officers create the PSI.


1. False
2. False
3. False
4. False

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