Question

The primary advantage of sentencing guidelines is that they reduce ______ in sentencing, while allowing more flexibility than mandatory sentences.

a.Disparity
b.Severity
c.Leniency
d.Appeals

Answer 1

Disparity

Step-by-step explanation:

The United States congress, in 1984, enacted the sentencing reform act, a crime control act that would help address the issue of crime in the society at that time. There were certain patterns of undue leniency applied to some grave offenses and the sentencing act was put in place to correct that and also reduce unwarranted disparity in such cases. The issue of unwarranted sentencing disparity was seen because the federal court system did not have a systematic and comprehensive approach to sentencing.