Sentence examples for gravity of the offense from inspiring English sources

We first address the gravity of the offense compared to the harshness of the penalty.

Each case is fact-specific; considerations would include: the gravity of the offense, and prior similar misconduct.

The fact of such sentence, indicating the gravity of the offense, affords a reasonable basis for classification.

In quantity and quality such punishment bore no special relation to the character or gravity of the offense.

Other lawmakers have tried to strike some sort of balance between public safety and the gravity of the offense.

Retributive theories generally maintain, as did the Italian criminologist Cesare Beccaria (1738 94), that the severity of a punishment should be proportionate to the gravity of the offense.

"The U.S. wanted trials so that the world could see the gravity of the offenses," he said.

Depending on the court's determination of the gravity of the offenses, the men could be sentenced to five years or more in prison.

"The passage of time has not lessened the gravity of the offenses," he says.

The agency instead called for employers to conduct individualized assessments of job applicants in a way that examined the nature and gravity of the criminal offense, the time passed since the offense and the nature of the job applied for.

"Considering the nature and gravity of this offense, being supervised until the age of 37 is not all that long … in terms of the fact that Payton is looking at a lifetime of scars, physical scars and psychological scarring," Osborne said.