Sentence examples for harshly sentenced from inspiring English sources
His mental health history, readily available in the prison record, would probably have been recognized as a mitigating factor and prevented him from being so harshly sentenced.
President Obama commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders Friday, more than double the number he granted this summer, in an effort to give relief to drug offenders who were harshly sentenced in the nation's war on drugs.
Drugs flow across the U.S. border by land, sea and air, in underground tunnels, hidden in cars, packed inside toys and construction materials — and strapped to the bodies of willing youths tempted by the promise of ready cash and the reality that, if caught, their age would mean they would not be harshly sentenced.
The commutations come nearly a year after Deputy Attorney General James Cole first announced a new clemency initiative intended to identify and vet inmates who had been harshly sentenced for low-level drug crimes and may make good candidates for clemency.
Judges, especially elected ones, will face pressure to harshly sentence those labeled "high risk". And even if risk scores were used only for diversion from prison, it would still be wrong to base them on wealth and demographics, reserving diversion for the relatively privileged.
His police collect bulk data and courts harshly sentence online critics.
They say the men have been tortured, denied appropriate legal representation, and are now being sentenced harshly for crimes they did not commit in a bid to silence opposition calls for reform.
Mr. Martsinkevich is a victim of an unfair process, targeted selectively and sentenced harshly solely on the basis of his reputation.
Kris Johnson and others have campaigned for changes that would provide benefits to spouses of service members kicked out of the military for crimes even if the offender is sentenced harshly.
A key provision of a New York State law under which repeat offenders can be sentenced more harshly is unconstitutional because the longer prison terms are based on findings by judges, not juries, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
