Prison populations have increased in recent years because states have gotten tougher on crime in all of the following ways EXCEPT ________
A. legislating longer sentences for particular crimes
B. specifying mandatory minimum sentences for crimes
C. reducing sentences given to repeat offenders
D. eliminating some judicial variation in sentences
ANSWER: C
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