Sentence examples for be a continuing threat from inspiring English sources

For a Texas jury to sentence a murderer to death, it must find that he or she will be a continuing threat to society.

Mr. Berman said that if Mr. McCullough had not committed further crimes — he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in the 1980s but otherwise appears to have avoided the criminal justice spotlight — he should perhaps "get some slight sentencing benefit for proving himself not to be a continuing threat to society".

The category in which prisoners may be excluded from the protections of the Geneva Conventions that the letter cites, Professor Silliman said, are for people who can be shown to be a continuing threat to the occupying force, not people who might have valuable intelligence.

Under Texas law, a jury must consider whether a defendant could be "a continuing threat to society" when deciding the death penalty.

In an interview, he stood by his testimony, saying that his comments have been distorted and adding that he never said Mr. Buck would be a continuing threat because he is black.

There is a continuing threat.

And real estate development is a continuing threat.

"I don't think there are any allegations he's a continuing threat to the community," Mr. Ricco said.

"Terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda within the United States are a continuing threat to Americans," the Justice Department said tonight in a statement.

It rallies support for the regime and shows the people that there is a continuing threat from the 'Great Satan.' " In Gardiner's view, the violence, rather than weakening Iran's religious government, may generate support for it.

As for the focus on Arabs and Muslims, the department defended it with a warning in January that "terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda within the United States are a continuing threat to Americans".