Question ID:PT21 S3 Q15 Passage:Politician: The mandatory jail sentences that became law two years ago for certain crimes have enhanced the integrity of our system of justice, for no longer are there two kinds of justice, the kind dispensed by lenient judges and the kind dispensed by severe ones.Public advocate: But with judges stripped of discretionary powers, there can be no leniency even where it would be appropriate. So juries now sometimes acquit a given defendant solely because the jurors feel that the mandatory sentence would be too harsh. Those juries, then, do not return an accurate verdict on the defendant’s guilt. This is why it is imperative that the legislation instituting mandatory jail sentences be repealed. Stem:Which one of the following principles, if valid, provides the politician with the strongest basis for countering the public advocates’ argument? Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:Juries should always consider whether the sum of the evidence leaves any reasonable doubt concerning the defendant’s guilt, and in all cases in which it does, they should acquit the defendant. Choice B:A system of justice should clearly define what the specific actions are that judges are to perform within the system. Choice C:A system of justice should not require any legal expertise on the part of the people selected to serve on juries. Choice D:Changes in a system of justice in response to some undesirable feature of the system should be made as soon as possible once that feature has been recognized as undesirable. Choice E:Changes in a system of justice that produce undesirable consequences should be reversed only if it is not feasible to ameliorate those undesirable consequences through further modification.