The text explains that sentencing discrimination results when
A) mitigating or aggravating circumstances have a disproportionate effect on sentencing.
B) similar offenders receive dissimilar punishments.
C) disparities can be attributed to extralegal variables such as gender,race,or socioeconomic status.
D) offenders who have committed dissimilar crimes receive similar punishments.
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