Exam 12: Punishment and Sentencing

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A(n)_____ sentence is a sentence for which the legislature or a commission sets a minimum and maximum number of months or years.Judges are to fix the length of the sentence within that range,allowing for special circumstances.

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Eric has just been sentenced to a short term to be served within the community.He knows his crime was a mistake and considers this experience to be the first and last time he will be involved with the criminal justice system.He plans to do everything that is required of him and make this time go by as easily as possible.Eric's sentence is most likely

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The prison population contains the same proportion of African Americans as the general population.

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Roughly 70% of persons under correctional supervision are in prison.

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In ______,the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that execution of developmentally disabled defendants was unconstitutional.

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