Sentence examples for imposes sentences from inspiring English sources

That law imposes sentences ranging from a 15-year minimum to a lifetime maximum for people convicted of crimes involving firearm use, if the convict had earlier been convicted of at least three "serious" drug violations, or "violent" felonies.

They could each face up to life in prison when Judge Jed S. Rakoff imposes sentence on Feb. 18.

The term lynch law refers to a self-constituted court that imposes sentence on a person without due process of law.

The State Legislature allowed juries to impose sentences of life without parole for capital crimes in 2005.

The judge, Leonard B. Sand, is scheduled to impose sentences on the four men on Oct. 18.

Summary tribunals would be held inside stadiums, with judges empowered to impose sentences on the spot.

And we impose sentences that have been, by and large, negotiated in advance without our involvement".

For decades, judges had unquestioned power to impose sentences using their own discretion with little fear of appeal.

A draft anti-terrorism law threatens to impose sentences of death and life imprisonment for a sweeping array of infractions.

The House passed legislation imposing sentences of up to 30 years for fraud related to disaster relief.

A couple of weeks ago, for instance, a judge in Massachusetts said he found it "unendurable" to have to impose sentences that are "both unjust and racist".