Sentence examples for extending sentences from inspiring English sources

He promises to crush crime with a mano dura, or iron fist, by extending sentences, hiring 10,000 police, expanding video surveillance and lowering the age of criminal responsibility.Polls show that many voters cannot wait for Mr Pérez to attack criminals.

In 2011, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Tapia v. United States that extending sentences for that reason is unlawful in light of the relevant federal law, which told judges that "imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation".

Prosecutors seek to apply the hate crime law, a distinction that can draw extended sentences.

Both have been charged in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn with murder as a hate crime, a distinction that could draw extended sentences.

Prosecutors charged Mr. Fox, Mr. Fortunato and a third man, Ilya Shurov, 21, with murder as a hate crime, a distinction that can extend sentences.

We chose to extend sentences for violent crimes.

They're trying to deter drug abuse, while also seeking to avoid packing prisons with people who receive extended sentences, often with no chance for parole, for being caught with drugs near schools.

Sentencing the two men, Judge Nicholas Price QC said the raid had been carried out with "remorseless efficiency" and had "all the hallmarks of a professionally planned commercial robbery"; he ordered Curtin to serve an extended sentence for the public's protection.

Thompson, who was in court, will serve an extended sentence of 15 years, and Marshall, who appeared by video link, will serve seven years for their parts in the assault.

But in Uruguay, officials are looking to get tougher on the sale and use of cocaine paste – possibly extending prison sentences for cocaine trafficking – even as they propose legalization of marijuana.

McCarthy carries out audacious acts of cantilever, extending his sentences with clause after clause until they are cranked out over nothingness: "Toward early morning he woke, sat up quickly and looked about him.