Sentence examples for deterrent purpose from inspiring English sources

It serves no deterrent purpose, and exists solely as an additional punishment not logically connected to the crime committed.

This deterrent purpose is achieved by the fines in section 102.112, which are substantial and personal and are levied on each member of a Board.

Polybius, however, does not draw attention to an element of cruelty in Scipio's character that is noticeable in several episodes of his life; it may generally have had a deterrent purpose and not been an unusual trait in the Roman character, but not every Roman general celebrated a victory by throwing deserters to the wild beasts.

"As for the random few for whom execution does become a reality, they will have languished for so long on death row that their execution will serve no retributive or deterrent purpose and will be arbitrary," Carney wrote in his ruling.

Noting the racial disparity of marijuana arrests, the Manhattan DA's office said Tuesday that "large numbers of New Yorkers become further alienated from law enforcement and removed from community participation at an enormous cost to the criminal justice system, for virtually no punitive, rehabilitative or deterrent purpose".

You can use the mint in cooking as well as it serving a deterrent purpose.

While some scholars disagree, the retired justice is also persuasive that execution serves no "significant deterrent purposes," especially since long delays in many executions undermine any potential for deterrence.

Offenders would have to be punished, he says, not just for deterrent purposes but because international crimes must be highlighted.

Military history has shown that weapons, even when built purely for deterrent purposes, are inevitably used to their fullest deadly extent in war.

"But the U.S. can lead that effort only if it maintains an effective strategic arsenal at a level sufficient to fulfill its deterrent purposes, a notable failure of the current Administration.

The RAAF had argued for an air-to-air refuelling capability for both the F/A-18s and the, but the Australian government refused to fund the latter, considering the F-111's existing range sufficient for deterrent purposes.