Sentence examples for given no discretion from inspiring English sources

It states: "Judges should be given no discretion in sentencing criminals: all criminal penalties should be fixed by statute.

In reality, it is connected to tick-box decision-making, in which immigration officers are given no discretion to make sensible decisions and all must be deported.

Judges were given no discretion in the case of adults, even though it was clear that a lesser sentence may sufficiently protect the public.

While the Commission is given no discretion over whether to lift the ban, it remains responsible for ensuring that investors are adequately protected when it does so.

They give judges no discretion to fit a sentence to the circumstances, requiring instead that offenders be given long sentences even in cases involving a small amount of narcotics.

Welwyn and Hatfield council said the rules gave them no discretion but the couple had the option to pay and stay.

It falls far short of what many advocates had long been urging: a total repeal of laws that give judges no discretion over sentencing drug criminals.

The local boards have been given broad discretion, which no court may overrule absent a clear abuse of discretion.

As the Circuit Court correctly held, "the local boards have been given broad discretion, which no court may overrule, absent a clear abuse of discretion".

The trial court's oral order reads in relevant part: "The local boards have been given broad discretion which no Court may overrule, absent a clear abuse of discretion".

First, in addressing the appellants' challenges of the election certifications in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties, the judge stated that "the local boards have been given broad discretion, which no court may overrule, absent a clear abuse of discretion".