Which of the following statements concerning the federal Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 is INCORRECT?
A) To accomplish the stated purpose of the new Act, the United States Sentencing Commission was created to promulgate sentencing guidelines.
B) The sentencing guidelines reduce the discretion of federal judges in imposing sentences.
C) A sentencing judge may depart from the prescribed guidelines sentence based on defendant's education, sex, family and community ties, and employment history.
D) Sentences prescribed by the new federal guidelines are not absolute.
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