Sentence examples for avert penalty from inspiring English sources

There is still time for the USDA to avert penalty, if President Obama, an avid hoops fan who also laments Black Mamba's departure, addresses this foul play.

Under Afghan law, if the family of the victim agrees, the family of a murderer can pay compensation, known as blood money, to avert the death penalty, though the killer would normally still remain in prison.

Meanwhile, Indonesian officials continued planning for the execution of Chan and Sukumaran: In a final attempt to avert the death penalty, on 9 February 2015 the lawyers for Chan and Sukumaran launched a rare challenge against the Indonesian president's refusal to grant them pardons; which was dismissed by the Indonesian government a day later.

While he eventually confessed to 30 murders, he never accepted responsibility for any of them, even when offered that opportunity prior to the Chi Omega trial which would have averted the death penalty.

Paterno shooed his players back to the sideline, and a penalty was averted.

That the death penalty was averted was the result of "weightier factors" like American and British threats to withdraw support from the apartheid authorities, but "the words may have played a role", he says.Speaking nearly fifty years on, at his office in Johannesburg, the Greek lawyer is still defending his old friend.

The threat of a U.S. Supreme Court decision gutting Florida's death penalty was averted.

Riyad Mahrez converted a penalty for Leicester but the champions could not avert a fifth defeat from six Premier League away matches this season.

Danger was only momentarily averted as the hosts went to the corner with a penalty.

The penalty would not take effect until January, giving Hungary time to avert it.

Too often, those with money and power can avert harsh sentences, while the poor find themselves receiving maximum time and penalties.