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The document provides an overview of sentencing in the United States criminal justice system. It discusses the establishment of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in the 1980s to develop guidelines in response to disparities in sentencing. The guidelines structured sentencing by considering offense levels and criminal histories. However, landmark Supreme Court cases made the guidelines advisory rather than mandatory. While the guidelines aimed to reduce disparity, there is criticism that they are too rigid and
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