Sentence examples for comparable penalties from inspiring English sources

If they did, they would actually equate murder and abortion, and their conduct only the tiniest fringe is willing to advertise comparable penalties for both shows that they know perfectly well that they aren't the same.

If they did, they would actually equate murder and abortion, and their conduct — only the tiniest fringe is willing to advertise comparable penalties for both — shows that they know perfectly well that they aren't the same.

Under a law signed by Gov. Christine Todd Whitman in early July, the sale of Ecstasy is a first-degree crime with a sentence of up to 20 years, comparable to the penalties for selling heroin and cocaine.

The STOCK Act's rules against trading stocks based on nonpublic information are currently enforced by the Securities and Exchange Commission, with penalties comparable to insider trading violations committed by the public.

Kaptan argued that mandatory chemical castration was an inhumane punishment comparable to the death penalty.

Moreover, the reentrant microchannels also maintained notably lower wall temperatures, while they just incurred slightly larger or comparable pressure drop penalty.

The panel noted that the Supreme Court in 1996 set forth for the first time factors that should be considered in reviewing whether punitive damages were excessive, including the reprehensibility of the defendant's conduct, the ratio of the award to the harm inflicted on the plaintiff, and the difference between the award and the civil or criminal penalties in comparable cases.

Mourinho felt the call, which he said had cost his side victory, was comparable to the late penalty awarded by Craig Joubert to Australia in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final with Scotland.

The results show that the pure transfer penalty is comparable to a 15.2 17.7 equivalent increase in in-vehicle minutes; i.e. longer trips may be preferred to faster alternatives with transfers, even if the additional walking and waiting times are zero.

This step is also comparable to a high penalty on the number of edges.

The brief featured a survey of 30 such countries that pointed to a maximum 14-year sentence in Canada as the next stiffest penalty for a comparable conviction.