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The Fair Sentencing Act: Have Its Effects Lasted?

Record #:
532
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Abstract:
The Fair Sentencing Act in North Carolina was drafted in an effort to reduce official discretion in imposing sentences and in determining how much actual prison time is served; also, to address concerns about the rising prison population and the connected costs.
Source:
Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 53 Issue 2, Fall 1987, p45-57, f