Research on discrimination in the sentencing process has found that ______,

a. Blacks are disproportionately given more severe sentences than Whites
b. past criminal record affects sentencing more than race
c. Blacks receive proportionately more “three-strikes” sentences than Whites
d. Blacks receive proportionately fewer sentences of probation than Whites


Ans: B

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