Sentence examples for heightened penalties from inspiring English sources

"I could say there is a substantial number of players whose frustration with the Miami story has led them to think, 'Well, maybe we should have heightened penalties,' " Weiner said.

"These heightened penalties — which could quickly amount to tens of thousands of dollars if the violations are not quickly addressed — would create a strong financial incentive for owners to proactively maintain elevators and avoid" violations in the first place, Ms. Lancaster said.

This case is very much like McLaughlin, Your Honor, where you have a statute that said, We're going to give a specially heightened penalty to cohabitation, but only when it involves a white person with a black person.

The bills place a heightened penalty on protest because of what is being protested.

Concerns about the death penalty were heightened by the decision in March by Gov. George Ryan of Illinois, a Republican, to declare a moratorium on executions in his state after 13 men on death row there were cleared by new evidence.

The despair heightened when a roughing penalty on Stoner put the Wild on the power play.

And it came not only amid heightened controversy over the death penalty, but also at a time when Mr. Bush's presidential candidacy faces challenges in reaching voters in the political center.

The disappointment was heightened when Madigan stroked over a penalty on a rare Irish visit to home territory, although he was wide with an attempted drop-goal.

William Bowen Jr., the former presiding judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, said most judges would prefer not to have this power, because it heightened the pressure to impose the death penalty.

The Sarbanes/Oxley disclosure penalties do not apply to municipalities, but they certainly heightened everyone's awareness of the obligation to make full disclosures.

The issue of the death penalty and how it is imposed has drawn heightened public interest with the execution of Gary Graham in Texas.