Sentence examples for grievous crime from inspiring English sources
"If it's a less grievous crime and there is, for example, a younger defendant involved, then in that case maybe it is disproportionate".
Most people in Kentucky are unaware that "seducing or enticing slaves to leave their lawful owners" was once such a grievous crime that scores of abolitionists suffered long years behind bars for their common-sense daring.
In an article on his personal website, Oleg Kashin said Danila Vesyolov and Mikhail Kavtaskin were charged in June with attempted murder and with committing an "unfinished grievous crime" – allegations that carry up to a life sentence.
"If you do have a case where it's the 17-year-old who is one week shy of his 18th birthday and it is the most grievous crime spree you can imagine, you can determine that in that case life without parole may not be disproportionate," Chief Justice Roberts said.
"I was very surprised and shocked to read in the press that I was being accused of a grievous crime in connection with the Kelihos botnet," he wrote.
Markus's book was the first to suggest that a grievous crime had been committed.
Those who have not committed grievous crimes should be encouraged to join in building a new Libya.
We can shuffle the likes of Khalid Sheik Mohammed through little more than politically motivated show trials that draw attention away from his grievous crimes.
Judge Liu said the majority had shifted the standard for aiding and abetting to the point of undermining its very purpose, namely to make sure that people who facilitated "the most grievous crimes" could not evade responsibility.
She then went on a veritable rampage against Reid, accusing him of all manner of grievous crimes, the most attention-grabbing one being that he turned her house "into a sex dungeon" when she was eight months pregnant.
This shift risks undermining the very purpose of aiding and abetting liability by allowing those responsible for knowingly facilitating the most grievous crimes to evade responsibility for their acts".
