Sentence examples for hefty sentence from inspiring English sources

Eight years for any offence is a hefty sentence.

Ray was thrown into the federal prison system with a hefty sentence, serving hard time.

In all other instances, possession of the drug carries a hefty sentence, often years in prison.

One man receiving such a hefty sentence may well, as Mr Justice Cooke wanted, send a signal to bankers.

Anelka was given the hefty sentence last August for his role in the controversial mutiny against France head coach Raymond Domenech at the World Cup.

Knox, 26, is facing the possible reinstatement of a hefty sentence for her alleged part in the death of the 21-year-old Leeds University student in Perugia in 2007.

I wonder whether their relative obscurity insured that they could receive hefty sentences.

There is no doubt that the murder was carried out by members of the urban guerrilla Red Brigades, several of whom were given hefty sentences for the crime.

On July 14th, just after Italy's national team had triumphantly brought home the World Cup, a sporting tribunal won the country sincere, if bemused, admiration when it imposed hefty sentences on the four clubs, which among them provided over half the players for the national squad.

As allowed by Italian law, the prosecution has also lodged an appeal and will be aiming to increase to life the already hefty sentences passed on the two former lovers – 26 years for Knox, one year fewer for 26-year-old Sollecito.

The ANC have proposed a statutory Media Appeals Tribunal to adjudicate on complaints against the press, and passed a Protection of State Information Bill, known as the "Secrecy Bill", to clamp down on leaks and whistleblowing and threaten investigative journalists with hefty sentences for a wide range of "state security" offences.