States have tended to follow the U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines, which are currently and which, until recently, set very lengthy sentences.

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States have tended to follow the U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines, which are currently and which, until recently, set very lengthy sentences. The correct answer is C: Only advisory. The U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines are only advisory, meaning that states are not required to follow them. However, many states have chosen to do so, which has led to very lengthy sentences in many cases.

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