Sentence examples for increased jail from inspiring English sources
Banning abortion in all circumstances is deplorable; proposing increased jail terms for women who seek an abortion, or those who provide medical support, is simply shameful and irresponsible.
That example turns on a statute that provided for an increased jail term if a firearm was used in the commission of a crime.
Benefit cheats will face increased jail terms of up to 10 years in a crackdown on those who "flout the system", Britain's most senior prosecutor has said.
What is less clear, and may show bias on the part of prosecutors who negotiate plea bargains, or judges who approve them, is why males receive increased jail time, increased rates of assignment to probation, and increased rates of assignment to a DV re-education course.
It increases jail time and fines for newly created — and surely unconstitutional — state immigration crimes.
Mexican legislators have said they will present reforms in the coming days that will stiffen penalties on convicted smugglers, including increasing jail terms of 6 to 12 years to 10 to 25 years.
Aside from doubling the size of the Border Patrol and putting in fencing and other security measures, Ms. Keehner said, the government is also increasing jail space for illegal immigrants detained by local agencies and increasing federal manpower in local communities by teaming federal immigration agents with local police officers.
John Lamont's comments came as MSPs debated emergency laws to increase jail terms for sectarian-related behaviour connected to football.
The new laws increase jail terms in most cases, and bring in the death penalty for a repeat offence of rape, or rape that causes coma.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has approved a law that will increase jail terms for those who perform female circumcisions, raising the maximum sentence to seven years from two, according to the state's official gazette on Wednesday.
The charges were all supplemented with a "bias-related hate crime" enhancement, which, under DC's hate crime laws, could increase jail time if the defendants are found guilty.
