For example, instead of sentencing someone to jail for a drug charge, the judge will mandate them to a specific number of days in rehab.
OSLO — Norwegian prosecutors asked a trial court here on Thursday to order Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people, confined for compulsory psychiatric treatment instead of sentencing him to prison.
Instead of sentencing him to a minimum of two years in state prison prescribed by law, the judge made an exception and ordered limited jail time and probation, leading opponents to launch a recall campaign to remove him from office.
Instead of sentencing him to the minimum of two years in state prison prescribed by law, Persky made an exception for Turner, determining that his case was "unusual" and that prison would have a "severe impact" on him.
Instead of sentencing some offenders to prison, courts could require them to read classic novels – the complete novels of James Joyce, for instance, with time off for finishing Finnegans Wake.
What they have failed to agree on is how to ease the sentences, how those already in prison would be affected and whether -- or how much -- discretion should be given to judges to send people facing drug charges into treatment programs instead of sentencing them to mandatory minimum prison terms.
We are continuing to call on the Iranian authorities to remove it as a punishment in law instead of sentencing ever more people to lashes". Jo Glanville, the editor of the campaigning group Index on Censorship, said: "It's great to hear some positive news for freedom of speech in Iran and to see that protest can effect results.
Know your shadow and work to manage it instead of sentencing yourself to unhappiness because you have a shadow.
Previous study indicated that better performance can be achieved by using sentences as input instead of sentence pairs [ 23].
Nevertheless, the FAQ summary presentation system could have used complete sentences instead of partial sentences from the original articles for improved readability.
