Sentence examples for initial sentence from inspiring English sources

The headline misstated his initial sentence.

The initial sentence handed down would have spared Mr Mollah's life.

The court reduced his initial sentence of 33 months in jail to 12 months, suspended for three years.

The initial sentence, which would have spared his life, was seen by many Bangladeshis as being too lenient.

The appeals court reduced his initial sentence of 33 months in jail to 12 months, suspended for three years.

In a speech today Mr Grayling will announce all young adults will face the sanction, regardless of the length of their initial sentence.

"The initial sentencing was over the top," said C. Bradley Patton, a lawyer for Esteban Núñez.

After the 529's initial sentences in March, Egypt's foreign ministry released a statement defending the court's integrity.

To allow judges to consider a criminal defendant's conduct between an initial sentencing and a resentencing could, he said, create "a procedural merry-go-round".

This week, their initial sentences of 24 months in prison in Rio de Janeiro has been commuted to eight or 16 months of community service, depending how many hours they put in each day.

Most Egyptians have lived under the rule of Hosni Mubarak all their lives, and as the initial sentencing of life in prison for the toppled dictator and his interior minister Habib el-Adly filtered through to the crowds outside, a wave of euphoria erupted in front of thousands of watching security troops, sending fireworks spinning into the sky.