Sentence examples for harsh crack from inspiring English sources

Harsh crack laws account only for a smidgeon of the disparity in incarceration rates.

The harsh crack of a passing sniper bullet, the roar of a support gunner unloading next to you, and the crunch of masonry falling come through loud and clear.

In Tosh's case, let's start with the original sin in this already overblown controversy -- I mean besides Tosh having made what very well appears to be a harsh crack about rape.

With elections approaching fast, Republicans and Democrats ignored the temptation of "soft on crime" mudslinging and instead listened to the public, the experts, the courts, and the people who have lost decades of their lives to these racially discriminatory and overly harsh crack sentences.

Hillary Clinton has come out against making retroactive the small change in sentencing guidelines that allows some people convicted under the overly harsh crack laws to have their sentences reviewed by a judge, and if they are found eligible, given early release.

The government's response has been a harsh crack-down that has seen over 2,500 people detained so far.

This is a step in the right direction because more than 80% of the offenders who had received the far harsher federal crack sentences were black.

As his chosen moniker implies, he's built up a reputation as a dedicated sculptor and designer of the world's harsher sounds molding cracks and hisses and rhythmic pandemonium into precise assaults that'll bowl you over if you're a little off-balance.

"If the government takes harsh measures to crack down on protesters, of course I support that," she said.

For now, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while worried that Mr. Obama may go soft on Iran, seems to believe that the Iranian government is so fragile that truly harsh sanctions might crack it.

In the first statement of the Bush administration's position in the debate about whether harsher sentences for crack cocaine unfairly punished blacks, Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson testified, "The current federal policy and guidelines for sentencing crack cocaine offenses are appropriate".