Sentencing in the criminal justice system

I want you, for this week's reflection paper, to think back to that research question and tell me how you might set it up using an experimental design. Your paper should address the following.

Would it be a true experiment or a quasi-experiment?

What would be the control group?

The treatment group?

How would you go about selecting participants?

Are there any threats to validity?

What is the dependent variable?

The independent variable? 

Use attached essay from past assignment to help guide you on answering these question. Also will need to research definitions for statistics terms.