Multiple Choice
A rather radical approach to sentencing guidelines involves mandatory, or determinate sentencing, which requires judges to:
A) implement the three-strikes laws.
B) hand down sentences within a prescribed range.
C) defer the sentencing decision to the jury.
D) consider the defendant's personal characteristics.
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