Jenna works for the Innocence Project. She is currently working on a case where her client states that she was wrongly convicted. Jenna has been reviewing the court transcripts and has determined that the prosecutor seems to have withheld information that was pertinent to the case. Jenna's client was given a 20-year sentence for murder. She has reduced that sentence by participating in programs and through her positive behavior while incarcerated.
-Jenna's client was given an incarceration rate of 20 years.She was most likely sentenced under _________ sentencing.

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Jenna works for the Innocence Project. She is currently working on a case where her client states that she was wrongly convicted. Jenna has been reviewing the court transcripts and has determined that the prosecutor seems to have withheld information that was pertinent to the case. Jenna's client was given a 20-year sentence for murder. She has reduced that sentence by participating in programs and through her positive behavior while incarcerated.
-Jenna's client was given an incarceration rate of 20 years.She was most likely sentenced under _________ sentencing.

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The fact that Jenna's client was given a specific sentence of 20 years indicates that she was sentenced under determinate sentencing, where there is a fixed term of imprisonment for a particular crime, rather than indeterminate sentencing where there is a range of time that a person could serve. Presumptive and mandatory sentencing also involve fixed terms, but they typically involve minimum sentences rather than exact sentences.

Jenna Works for the Innocence Project