Sentence examples for least sentencing from inspiring English sources

While the penalty phases in most death penalty trials involve extended presentations by expert witnesses, family members and others of aggravating and mitigating evidence for juries to consider, in Arizona, at least, sentencing proceedings before judges were brisk affairs that relied more on legal memorandums than testimony.

He told the court he was offended by what he saw as an attempt to "legitimize the sham process" by dangling "the least sentence possible" to coerce a confession.

Such a person presupposes that sentences in human language (or at least sentences in the language of human thought) can express some theological truths, even if other such truths are beyond us.

The initiator of this abhorrent trend should be taken out back behind the Orange Julius and shot (or at least sentenced to a life working at the Dairy Queen, wearing blue eyeliner and neon scrunchies).

Literature is surely the most obvious candidate, for literature consists of words, and words are combined into sentences, and sentences (at least declarative sentences) are used to convey propositions that is, to make assertions that are either true or false.

A paragraph has a topic sentence and at least two sentences that support the topic sentence, but it can have more and a concluding sentence.

However, he will not immediately be sent to California until at least the sentencing.

Former Army private first class Chelsea Manning was explicitly denied the opportunity to raise such a defense during her court martial, at least until sentencing.

I ask them to leave the room and return when they have written responses to these two requests printed on the card: 1. Please write at least three sentences about a time (or times) you have felt successful and happy.

Once you've hooked your readers with a strong statement, it's time to spend at least one sentence or two describing each main point, so that your readers know what to expect.

Unlike the other two planning conditions, online planners did not feel any pressure to compose at least 10 sentences and had ample time to fulfil the task.