Sentence examples for fair sentences from inspiring English sources

There are, however, good reasons to wonder about prosecutorial power in sentencing, since prosecutors are not responsible for seeking fair sentences.

The Justice Department is examining these and other disparities as we speak and taking a variety of steps to ensure fair sentences that match the conduct at issue in individual cases.

The #cut50 campaign aims to reduce the prison population by 50percentt by 2020 and is approaching that goal from three political angles: The costliness of the prison system, the overreach of government and loss of liberty, and the moral issue of a system that fails to rehabilitate people or give them fair sentences.

Texas must keep its promise and ensure that Mr. Buck receives a new, fair sentencing hearing.

This is what both the jury and the judge decided was a fair sentence.

JODY KENT LAVY Director and National Coordinator Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth Washington, Sept. 13, 2011.

Congress shifted the crack cocaine punishments for new cases when it passed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.

For Higher-Order Thinking Do you feel Private Manning received an appropriate and fair sentence for the crimes he committed?

Although the Fair Sentencing Act reduced penalties for crack-cocaine possession, it increased them for drug trafficking.

Dispositively, in my view, the chances of a fair trial or a fair sentence are now close to zero.

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