Sentence examples for drastic sentencing from inspiring English sources

+ After a drastic sentencing two weeks ago, writers, artists, and activists across the world are standing up for Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh.

Prison populations consisting predominantly of people serving drastic sentences can be difficult to manage because inmates have a sense of hopelessness that can lead to reckless behavior.

A new experimental program had gone into effect up in Greene County, in which first offenders facing up to five-year sentences got drastic reductions in return for entering a highly disciplined, boot-camp-like program.

BANGKOK — Prosecutors and defense lawyers asked for drastic changes this week in the sentence given to the former commandant of the Khmer Rouge's main prison.

Studies show that reduced sentences do not cause drastic increases in crime, he said, and many counties are working on alternative programs.

President Obama announced his drastic commutation on her 35-year sentence Tuesday.

The rueful tone, the undeniable gravity, the way the sinuous sentences pivot toward matters of drastic reality were not-so-strangely comforting in that historic moment in September , 2001

"Prison populations change slowly after a state implements all but the most drastic reforms, as most people are serving multiyear sentences," she said.

This week the Commons justice committee demanded that all prison sentences of less than a year be scrapped, in a drastic measure apparently to slash the prison population in England and Wales, and because short sentences do not work.

One is that in light of naturally occurring cases of self-reference, his ruling Liar sentences syntactically not well-formed seems overly drastic.

Mr. Bello's lawyer, Steven M. Statsinger, said he would be prepared to suggest a "less drastic" alternative to a TV ban when his client is sentenced again.