Sentence examples for given crimes from inspiring English sources

The decision seemed to endorse both traditional sentencing schemes that leave sentences entirely up to judges so long as they do not exceed statutory maximums and schemes that designate fixed sentences for given crimes.

With each gift given, crimes committed during the deceased's life are forgiven and the next life is progressively improved.

Albert, who identifies as Spanish and has a black boyfriend, said her reaction was reasonable, given crime in the neighborhood.

12.19pm: Q: Are cuts to the police force the right thing to do given crime and anti-social behaviour?

At the end of the conversation, Inspector McCormack suggested that, in Mott Haven, given crime patterns there, the officer should stop "male blacks 14 to 20, 21".

In 2015, as home secretary, she told the Police Federation they were "crying wolf" over budget cuts given crime was falling.

Deterrence theory has proven difficult to validate, however, largely because the presence of many intervening factors makes it difficult to prove unequivocally that a certain penalty has prevented someone from committing a given crime.

Cardinal proportionality sets absolute measures for punishment that is proportional to a given crime; ordinal proportionality requires only that more serious crimes should be punished more severely.

Though it should not need repeating, given crime policy makers proclivity to fads, we do repeat that the concentration of crime among a relatively small proportion of possible crime targets must be part of any sensible prevention policy.

Among the many thorny issues the company is navigating here is how to address those artists who have been accused — but not actually charged or convicted — of a given crime.

The overall proportion of subjects who would be classified as having been charged with a given crime differed very little between data from the criminal justice database and self-reported events.