Sentence examples for devastating sentencing from inspiring English sources

According to the ACLU, the impact of the War on Drugs on communities of color has been devastating: sentencing disparities and particular enforcement of drug laws have put more black people under the constrain of prison and corrections departments today than were ever enslaved by this country.

A breathless sequence of events lead the book to its devastating final sentence.

History has a way of giving the lie to such superlatives, and storytelling, as the devastating last sentence of the novel suggests, can -- should -- give the lie to anyone's delusions of self-importance.

His next sentence is devastating, though: "It's as if we want to know exactly how everything was done in order to change what was done wrong".

He seemed devastated after the sentence was announced, sitting and shaking his head.

Her lawyer George Parnham emerged from the courthouse and told reporters that his client was devastated by the sentence.

Juris said he and his wife has been left devastated by the sentence and were taken by surprise.

He wrote devastating little character sketches that began with sentences like "Fareed is a very lazy worker who does not keep his appointments; he is always late".

New York's drug sentencing laws, imposed during a heroin epidemic that was devastating urban areas nearly four decades ago, helped spur a nationwide trend toward mandatory sentences in drug crimes.

I would find it refreshing if this administration would finish its sentences; premature drawdown of our forces would be devastating for whom?

Sarwar and her family are devastated at the harsh sentencing.