Define “truth-in-sentencing.”

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