Sentence examples for jury recommendations from inspiring English sources

Judges there have overridden eight jury recommendations, not seven.

Alabama law allows judges to override jury recommendations in either direction: from life to death or from death to life.

Many lawyers agree with Judge Horowitz's suggestion that the Ring decision probably bars judges from overriding jury recommendations against the death penalty.

A study by the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative found that Alabama judges in capital cases have overridden jury recommendations more than 100 times since 1976, and 92% of those decisions overruled life recommendations to impose death.

Jury recommendations are just that".

Jury recommendations are expected to come out this afternoon.

He rejects this grand jury recommendation.

Notably, Breyer still had in mind the execution of Ronald Smith, an Alabama inmate who was sentenced to death despite a jury recommendation that he be given a life sentence instead.

The jury in this case recommended 77 years (out of a possible 90); the judge refused to lower it because Billington continued to insist upon his innocence (which the judge deemed lack of remorse) and because he had warned that he would accept the jury recommendation if Billington requested a jury trial.

A federal grand jury recommended that Ford be indicted in connection with the insurance scheme, but the U.S. Department of Justice did not act on this recommendation.

The grand jury's recommendations included eliminating the statute of limitations for child sex-abuse allegations, which is generally 5 years after a victim's 18th birthday, and passing a law requiring the clergy to report allegations of abuse to the authorities.