... most often attributed to the enormous discretion accorded judges under indeterminate sentencing schemes (Tonry, 1995). In reaction to perceived inequalities in the federal and state sentencing systems, social and legal scholars pressed for legislation that would replace indeterminate sentencing with a system that offered greater predictability in determining proper sentence dispositions and lengths of imprisonment (Frankel, ... evidentiary strength, or witness cooperation and credibility, which influence most prosecutorial charging decisions. Thus, research into the effects of race/ethn...

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