Sentence examples for excessive sentencing from inspiring English sources

"We need brave individuals to hold the government accountable for its actions at home and abroad and we call upon this court to overturn the dangerous precedent of Chelsea Manning's excessive sentencing".

As someone who has visited a women's maximum-security prison for 25 years and has met scores of rehabilitated prisoners — many of whom reacted in self-defense and others who were victims of excessive sentencing — I find it impossible to believe that there has not been one inmate worthy of this governor's clemency.

Other states, too, have seen their voters shift away from the old pattern of excessive sentencing of nonviolent offenders.

This blog post is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post and Charlotte Street Films in support of the Smarter Sentencing Act, which aims to reduce excessive sentencing for those convicted of drug-related crimes.

Instead, he was not only prosecuted but also received a wildly excessive sentence.

Excessive sentences for fraud should be checked, but only if the whole system is revamped.

Even by the standards of that law he was given an excessive sentence.

He appealed against that excessive sentence and, in June 2005, the court of appeal reduced it by nine months.

And he has cheered on the excessive sentences some judges have been handing out for even minor offenses.

The term, as explained by the West Wing, comes from the practice of filling lists of presidential pardons with first-time offenders who have received excessive sentences.

Other states, such as New York, are questioning the viability of mandatory prison terms for non-violent drug offenders, opening the door to policy changes that could help reduce excessive sentences and ease the massive overincarceration of racial and ethnic minorities.