The term "leading sentence" may not be as common as other grammatical terms, but it is still a valid and usable term in written English.
It refers to the first sentence of a paragraph or section that introduces the main idea or topic that will be discussed. It can also be used in literature to describe a sentence that grabs the reader's attention and sets the tone for the rest of the writing. Example: The leading sentence of the essay immediately captures the reader's attention by posing a thought-provoking question about the effects of technology on society.
Julie Stewart is the president and founder of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the nation's leading sentencing reform organization.
Perjury may be committed by witnesses from either the prosecution or the defense (or by witnesses on either side in civil litigation) and in proceedings before the jury or after the verdict in proceedings leading to sentence.
Should such a person be allowed to speak in your town?" Presser and a colleague conducted a survey of their own in which they asked half their sample the question as Stouffer had written it and the other half the question without its leading first sentence.
Public order offences are leading to sentences 33% longer than normal and those convicted of assaulting police officers have been jailed for 40% longer than usual.
Marsh tells more than some music lovers will want to know about contractual treachery, lawsuits and skewed production values, leading to sentences like this: "The Beatles' second American album (second on Capitol, at least) couldn't conform to the Beatles' second British album, because the first American album pretty much was the second British album".
But somehow only 24percentt of the roughly 4,000 femicides the group identified between 2012 and 2013 were actually investigated by authorities, it claims, with just 1.6percentt leading to sentencing.
He had been badly injured in the first world war, and there was a public outcry over his conviction, leading to the sentence being commuted to life imprisonment.
In the nineteen-sixties, the Supreme Court expanded the law of habeas corpus as a protection against the unfair treatment of defendants at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest and interrogation through trial and sentencing, especially in cases leading to death sentences.
In that memo, Sessions instructed them to seek charges "that carry the most substantial guidelines sentence, including mandatory minimum sentences" — leading many to interpret the directive as the start of a new war on drugs.
The second contains the sentence leading up to the link.
