Sentence examples for lesser term from inspiring English sources

Prosecutors said they sought a lesser term because the crime was financial and caused no physical harm.

Judge Eric N. Vitaliano imposed the lesser term, however, after suggesting the defendant proved too inept to pull it off.

But Judge Alan H. Nevas imposed a lesser term, citing Mr. Giordano's earlier cooperation with investigators looking into municipal corruption in Waterbury.

Mr. Barayagwiza was sentenced to a lesser term of 27 years because, the judges said, his rights had been violated early in the case.

The charges against Mr. Naseem carry a punishment of at least 25 years in prison, but he is likely to face a lesser term when he is sentenced in April.

Judge Edward Korman of United States District Court sentenced the defendant, Thomas Reynolds, 31, after the family of the victim, Judith Shemtov, asked the judge to reject his bid for a lesser term.

An additional 16 other defendants were convicted and sentenced to lesser terms, said Giampiero Biancolella, Mr. Tanzi's lawyer.

The government's papers, submitted by the office of Lev L. Dassin, the acting United States attorney in Manhattan, said a big sentence was appropriate, and cited Mr. Madoff's sentence and other substantial if lesser terms meted out in large fraud cases.

United's history will not allow them to feel they face anyone on lesser terms.

The Character Act amended the definition of 'substantial criminal record' to include where a person has been sentenced to a series of lesser terms of imprisonment that add up to 12 months or more (previously 24 months).

It said judges must at least weigh a young defendant's age as a possible reason for imposing a lesser prison term.