A successful white businessman is sentenced to serve one year of probation for selling drugs, while a 22-year-old unemployed African-American male who never graduated high school is given five years in a prison for the same crime
This is an example of
A) presumptive sentencing. B) administrative sentencing.
C) sentencing disparity. D) good-time policies.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
_____ is the release of defendants until their cases are decided
a. Bail c. Relief b. Discharge d. Preventive detention
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a. race. b. religion. c. sexual orientation. d. ethnicity. e. All of the above
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What will be an ideal response?