The data may be used for norming items for use in production tasks such as picture naming (see also Nishimoto et al., 2005; Szekely et al., 2004), word naming and translation, and also comprehension tasks, such as lexical decision, sentence-context reading studies, and studies using progressive de-masking techniques or the masked priming paradigm (e.g., Nakayama et al., 2012).
Monday's welcome Supreme Court decision, banning sentences of life without parole for juvenile criminals who do not commit murder, recognizes that children mature and should not be irrevocably punished for a childhood act short of killing.
If classified as an abbreviation it should favor the decision against sentence delimitation, as most abbreviations tend to appear within and not at the end of a sentence.
The court recognized these differences in its previous decisions concerning sentences for crimes committed by juveniles.
A determination of guilt or innocence, and the decision to sentence the defendant to death, must be unanimous.
Normally, the decision to sentence people to labor camps is in the hands of city-level police authorities.
A candidate need not know by heart the federal rules of evidence or the most recent decision on sentencing guidelines.
The court said that evaluation played a significant role in the decision to sentence Mr. Fitzsimons to a prison term rather than imposing the death penalty.
Writers and bloggers from across the ideological spectrum have objected to an Austrian court's decision to sentence Irving to three years in prison for denying Nazi genocide.
J. Stephen Salter, Mr. Harris's lawyer, said yesterday that the judge's decision on sentencing the five would not necessarily influence Mr. Scrushy's trial.
