Sentencing Guidelines,such as Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Starting Point Sentences,have

Sentencing guidelines,such as mandatory minimum sentences and starting point sentences,have been utilized to:

A) promote rehabilitation rather than incarceration.
B) "crack down" on crime by increasing sentence severity.
C) increase leniency towards offenders with mitigating circumstances.
D) reduce sentencing disparity between and within judges.
E) provide juries with better instructions on how they should sentence offenders.