Sentence examples for different sentencing from inspiring English sources

Although the margin changed, the court's interpretation remained the same: that state lawmakers created the problem by passing laws with different sentencing requirements, and in such a case, the court said, the narrower law must prevail.

That racism is reflected by the epidemic of Native children who are suspended and expelled from schools, disproportionate rates of incarceration and different sentencing for the same crimes, and obviously also by law enforcement killing Natives at higher rates than anyone else in the nation.

A marginally significant main effect of Emotion (F 4, 88) = 2.67, p = .057) was found, indicating waveform differences between the different sentences.

This parasitic characteristic explains how the turn-final ko declarative question differs from other types of declarative questions formulated with different sentence-ending devices.

(Different sentence, same question).

In giving prosecutors more leverage, these laws often result in different sentences for different offenders who have committed similar crimes.

That is why different offenders may be given different sentences for what might appear to be similar crimes.

Assistant US attorney Michael McMahon said the plea bargain will be nullified if the judge gives Durst a different sentence.

Ricky starts about 15 different sentences, but every single one of them collapses in on itself halfway through.

But different sentences carry different weight, and we can craft them not just to get an idea across, but also to convey attitude or elicit emotion.

Unless Congress acts, many thousands of defendants will continue to face vastly different sentences for possessing and selling different types of the same thing.