The variation among judges in the severity of punishment they mete out in comparable cases is termed:

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Sentence disparity refers to the variation among judges in the severity of the punishment they give for comparable crimes. It means that similar offenses receive different sentences depending on which judge is presiding over the case. This disparity can result from various factors, such as the judge's personal beliefs, biases, and attitudes towards the defendant or the offense. Sentence variation, sentence discrimination, and sentence prejudice all refer to similar concepts but are not as commonly used in the literature.

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