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Discover LudwigThe phrase "automatic jail" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing automatic penalties or consequences, particularly in legal or gaming scenarios.
Example: "The new law includes an automatic jail sentence for repeat offenders, ensuring that they face immediate consequences for their actions."
Alternatives: "mandatory imprisonment" or "automatic incarceration".
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It's automatic jail time.
Muir lodged a petition, secured a Holyrood debate on knife crime and has led a campaign for automatic jail sentences for those caught carrying knives.
Nick Clegg has criticised the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, for calling for automatic jail sentences for those who repeatedly carry a knife.
"I'll be writing to him today to ask him to back my campaign for automatic jail sentences for knife criminals". Ruth Davidson, the Tory candidate, asked Smeaton to sign her open invitation to all the candidates to fight a "clean and honest campaign" – an offer none has yet taken up.
The law contains a provision stipulating that undocumented immigrants who obtain employment with the use of a fake ID are guilty of committing a class 4 felony which, in Arizona, means automatic jail without bail.
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Tory backbenchers have already tabled amendments introducing automatic six-month jail sentences to the new criminal justice and courts bill for any offender caught in possession of a knife twice.
In Virginia, a second conviction will lead to an automatic 48 hours in jail; a third conviction will result in a minimum one month in jail and possible lifetime revocation of a driver's license.
However, she warns that Veteran's Court is not an automatic "get out of jail free card.
They'll have to petition a judge to re-sentence their case, though — it's not an automatic "get out of jail free" card.
While being old should not be an automatic get-out-of-jail-free card, infirmity and illness can change the calculus of what justice requires.
"While being old shouldn't be an automatic get-out-of-jail-free card, infirmity and illness can change the calculus of what justice requires".
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