In 1994, Congress passed the Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants law. Discuss the law, using the following questions to guide your response.

1. Define “truth-in-sentencing.”

2. What was the Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants law designed to accomplish?

3. What other mandatory sentencing movements is truth-in-sentencing linked to?

4. How has the Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grant changed the way states sentence offenders? Include a discussion of which states complied with the act.

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Assignment 08

CJ380 Probation and Parole

Your textbook presents Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 (1972), a U.S. Supreme Court case that impacted probation and parole. After reading this case, please do the following:

1. Summarize the case, including salient facts and procedural posture (i.e., why is the Court hearing the case and what are the justices deciding);

2. Discuss how the ruling affected probation and parole;

3. Discuss how Morrissey impacted Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778 (1973) and other future cases of similar nature. 

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