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Match the Type of Sentencing to Its Definition

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Match the type of sentencing to its definition.

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Indeterminate sentencing

Fixed sentenceing for offenders convicted of certain types of crimes such as gun-related crimes, drug offenses, and drunk-driving offenses.

Mandatory sentencing

A sentencing system that permits judges to impose fixed sentences that cannot be altered by a parole board.

Truth in sentencing

A system of sentencing that empowers the judge to set a maximum sentence (up to the limit set by the legislature), and sometimes a minimum sentence, for the offender to serve in prison.

Determinate sentencing

A sentencing provision that requires offenders to serve the bulk of their sentence (usually 85 percent) before they can be released.

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Indeterminate sentencing

Mandatory sentencing

Truth in sentencing

Determinate sentencing

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Fixed sentenceing for offenders convicted of certain types of crimes such as gun-related crimes, drug offenses, and drunk-driving offenses.

A sentencing system that permits judges to impose fixed sentences that cannot be altered by a parole board.

A system of sentencing that empowers the judge to set a maximum sentence (up to the limit set by the legislature), and sometimes a minimum sentence, for the offender to serve in prison.

A sentencing provision that requires offenders to serve the bulk of their sentence (usually 85 percent) before they can be released.

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Indeterminate sentencing

Mandatory sentencing

Truth in sentencing

Determinate sentencing

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