1. Cultural Diversity and Criminal Justice
... in responding to public demand for harsher and more certain punishment, the United States Congress passed the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act; comprehensive structure sentencing systems designed to reform and equalize sentencing in the federal courts. The Sentencing Reform Act created the United States Sentencing Commission, abolished federal parole, and narrowed judicial discretion at sentencing through the use ... of standardized sentencing ranges. In addition to adopting sentencing guidelines to limit judicial discretion, numerous states and the ... judges' sentencing decisions are wholl...
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