The intent to ensure fair sentencing by ending the reduction of terms in prison by grants of parole, ensuring that persons committing similar crimes serve similar terms, and ensuring that sentences reflect the severity of the criminal conduct is called:

a. concurrent sentences.
b. determinate sentencing.
c. sentencing guidelines.
d. sentencing fairness.


c

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