Sentence examples for extreme sentence from inspiring English sources
(It was thought she escaped a more extreme sentence by threatening to reveal the names of her clients — the wives, lovers and daughters of some of the city's most influential citizens).
If convicted, they'd be exposed to a potential maximum sentence of more than 60 years in federal prison (though such an extreme sentence is extraordinarily unlikely).
My reservations regarding capital punishment as an effective deterrent or justifiable punishment aside, I share Indian journalist Nilanjana Roy's worry of the possibility that "it would make an already low rape conviction rate even lower, since judges would be unwilling to hand down such an extreme sentence except in the worst and most brutal cases".
Californians have made clear that they no longer accept traditional justifications for extreme sentencing.
Homosexuality in most Arab countries is frowned upon, and in some it is a crime punishable by extreme sentences.
When the defendants awaiting trial saw this extreme sentencing trend, they began scrambling to plead guilty in exchange for lighter sentences.
Packed prisons and extreme sentencing for the fraction of crimes that result in a conviction also depletes the very resources needed to improve victim protection and community safety.
Rights groups say many other people were wrongfully convicted and given extreme sentences for actions that would not be considered crimes elsewhere.
Even the original prosecutor, Ken Turner, who is now retired and who believes the sisters were guilty, has said that he thinks it would be "appropriate" to offer them relief from their extreme sentences.
In a letter written to Judge Reade on Monday, six former attorneys general, one former solicitor general and more than a dozen former United States attorneys criticized "the government's extreme sentencing position" and the "potentially severe injustice" that could result.
The majority's three other justices admit that the Eighth Amendment has a "narrow proportionality principle," but they believe it prohibits "only extreme sentences that are 'grossly disproportionate' to the crime".
