Sentence examples for judge to exercise from inspiring English sources
They have accused the administrator of not being truly independent from BP, and asked the judge to exercise authority over the compensation process.
He said that it was one thing for a judge to exercise discretion within the statutory range for the offense as set by the legislature.
These, as their name suggests, provide an opportunity for a judge to exercise control over the nature and extent of the cross examination of witnesses and victims in sensitive cases.
From 1976 to 1996, criminal aliens had the right to petition an immigration judge to exercise a waiver of deportation under § 212(c).
Although the overall government plans fell through, the group of pioneers and mountain men did elect a supreme judge to exercise probate powers.
"The Hammonds join... countless other individuals who were denied the opportunity for a judge to exercise appropriate judgment in imposing a rational sentence," said Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va)., a staunch opponent of mandatory minimums, in a statement on Tuesday.
Before 1996, deportation was a comparatively small enterprise, with safeguards that allowed judges to exercise compassion and recognize rehabilitation.
ALBANY — A Cuomo administration official on Wednesday urged a state commission considering whether to increase the pay of New York judges to exercise restraint and "consider the state's fiscal outlook".
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — Since 2000, in a patchwork of closely fought and inconclusive decisions, the Supreme Court has been wrestling with the question of how much discretion the Constitution permits judges to exercise in criminal sentencing.
The law also established mandatory detention and deportation for certain crimes (like burglary and fraud), and eliminated immigration judges' ability to exercise discretion on a case-by-case basis.
Many of those jailed under joint enterprise rules for secondary roles in crimes have been handed extremely long sentences because judges' ability to exercise discretion in individual cases was curtailed by the imposition of mandatory life tariffs for murder under the 2003 Criminal Justice Act.
