The phrase "a broad sentencing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing legal matters, particularly when referring to a sentencing that is wide-ranging or encompasses various aspects.
Example: "The judge issued a broad sentencing that addressed not only the crime but also the impact on the community."
Alternatives: "a lenient sentence" or "a comprehensive sentencing".
Whereas in the decades prior to the 1980s when sentencing was largely a discretionary activity governed only by broad sentencing standards, a sentencing reform movement in the 1980s transformed sentencing practice through the advent of sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum provisions.
("Cold war politics were never far from their conversation," he writes in a typically broad sentence).
Florida's broad sentencing laws helped swell its death row population.
"The goal is to hold temperatures as far as possible below 2 degrees, but we are working with other countries on some formulation that would include reference to the 1.5 degrees, all as part of a somewhat broader sentence," Stern said.
Judge Denise Lindberg issued the broad sentence in accordance with state guidelines; the Board of Pardons and Parole is to decide when or if Mr. Hacking will ever be set free.
On July 15, Justice D.A. Broad sentenced David Thomas to life in prison.
Start with two broad sentences that will make the thesis to apply to your audience.
The offence is indictable only, which means that a person charged cannot be tried in the magistrates court but must appear before a crown court – the latter having broader sentencing powers.
The Koch brothers have funded work by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers which aims, among other things, at limiting mandatory minimum sentences in drug cases, and, in a broad effort to reduce prison sentences, they have joined forces with such unlikely allies as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for American Progress.
The judges' decisions are part of a broader fight over sentencing, and over once-rigid federal guidelines that tend to punish the crime while giving little weight to the specific circumstances of the defendant.
