SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Because of the fiscal crisis, states with historically high records of imprisonment did which of the following?

A. disbanded sentencing commissions
B. increased the frequency of parole grants
C. revised sentencing laws for violent offenders
D. increased the frequency of pardons


B. increased the frequency of parole grants
D. increased the frequency of pardons

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a. commission b. boss c. counselors d. lieutenants

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a. control agents b. agent-mediators c. agent provocateurs d. counselors

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