Sentence examples similar to inordinate penalty from inspiring English sources

The report found that taxpayers spend huge sums on prosecution of an inordinate number of death-penalty cases, though we've seen 18 death sentences since 2003; that prosecutors seek the penalty as a bargaining ploy in pursuit of a lesser guilty plea and sentence, and that $64 million has been spent on civil damage awards to men whose death row convictions were reversed.

The overall negative impact of this sorry group -- dropped passes, inadequate running, missed blocks, penalties and an inordinate amount of time on the bench due either to predictable injuries or to an obvious lack of ability -- have more than offset what little good they have done for the Giants.

Meanwhile, a federal judge in California called that state's death penalty system unconstitutional, owing to "inordinate and unpredictable" delays.

California's death penalty system is so plagued by inordinate and unpredictable delay that the death sentence is actually carried out against only a trivial few of those sentenced to death.

"AN INORDINATE fondness for beetles".

It's an inordinate form".

Were they under inordinate stress?

The inordinate delays impose heavy tolls.

Together, these agencies enjoy inordinate influence.

Teams concentrate inordinate attention on him.

Her pride in us was inordinate, nonetheless.