Sentence examples for harshly convicted from inspiring English sources
As a result, these women were harshly convicted with life sentences.
Petitioners for Mr. Pollard's release have complained that he is being treated more harshly than others convicted of spying for American allies, and dismissed his crime as relatively minor, but senior American intelligence officials, and at least three U.S. presidents, have seen it differently.
The size of the fines is irrelevant in a league where the average annual salary is $5m, although the stigma of being labelled a serial flopper may act as a mild deterrent (not least because referees may judge convicted floppers more harshly than others).
But Widodo insists convicted traffickers must be harshly punished, saying Indonesia is facing a crisis due to rising drug use.
She notes that the majority of the Congressional Black Caucus supported the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, a law that notoriously, and controversially, punished crack cocaine use (a crime African-Americans are more likely to be convicted of) 100 times more harshly than powder cocaine use (which skews more white).
While campaigning in the ongoing general election that runs until May 12th he suggested that those convicted of rape are treated too harshly.
It has also led to criticism of a legal system seen to treat private citizens far more harshly than errant officials.The case of 31-year-old Wu Ying, who was convicted of "illegal fund-raising", has also stirred debate about the fairness of the economic system.
And they point out that the United States harshly criticizes other governments who deny the same rights to Americans who have been convicted of crimes abroad.
That is because the award, issued by a high court in Hunan Province in southern China, was an explicit acknowledgment that the mother, Tang Hui, had been wrongly sentenced to a labor camp last year after she publicly demanded that some of the men convicted of kidnapping, raping and prostituting her 11-year-old daughter be more harshly punished.
