The Boggs Act (1951) signaled a shift to what type of sentences?
a. sentences based on sentencing guidelines
b. indeterminate sentences
c. mandatory minimum sentences
d. determinate sentences
c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
It wasn't until the 1970s that the fear of growing gang violence spread across the country
a. True b. False
Which state closed three prisons between 2010 and 2014 to invest the savings into treatment programs?
a. Washington b. Mississippi c. Texas d. Louisiana
Which of the following was the leading reason people reported opposing the death penalty, according to a 2014 Gallup Poll?
A.It costs more to keep prisoners on death row. B.The death penalty does not deter people from committing murder. C.Persons may be wrongfully convicted. D.It is wrong to take a life.