Describe how truth-in-sentencing legislation works

What will be an ideal response?


• Truth-in-sentencing legislation requires completion of at least 85 percent of the sentence before prisoners are eligible for parole.

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What will be an ideal response?

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FEMA came up with the idea of the "Waffle House Index" as a measure of severity of an incident. For example if a Waffle House is up and running then the disaster is green

a. True b. False

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A dying declaration is never allowed in court because the speaker is dead.

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

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The ________ is an officially compiled statistical measure of the incidence of crime in the United States.

A. Dark Figure of Crime B. National Crime Victimization Survey C. Battery Statistics Report D. Crime Index

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