Sentence examples for limits prison sentences from inspiring English sources

However, Spanish law effectively limits prison sentences to 30 years, which would have made her eligible for parole in 2008.

But under normal Spanish legislation that also limits prison sentencing to 30 years, she would have become eligible for parole in July 2008.

While it is undeniable that there is value in revenge, the laws that rate civil liberties more highly than convictions and the laws that limit prison sentences are a reflection of the fact that vengeance is seldom the highest priority.

A former member of Basque separatist group Eta has been allowed to walk from a Worcestershire jail where he faced extradition proceedings to Spain for his part in 22 murders, after the European Court for Human Rights ruled on Monday that Madrid could not retroactively raise legal limits on prison sentences.

Represented by a court-appointed lawyer, he rejected a plea bargain that would have limited his prison sentence to the three years he had already served in the federal case.

He favors a maximum wage to limit income inequality and longer prison sentences for wealthy offenders.

Large ranchers and farmers can clear no more than 20percentt of their land, and those who exceed that limit are punished with fines and prison sentences.

He promised renewed efforts to limit tax evasion, saying that the government would consider prison sentences to persuade tax cheats to pay what they owe.

Imposing immediate prison sentences for driving over the legal alcohol limit would also be sensible in the run-up to Christmas.

Its reverse side is the criminology of the other, which means limiting the citizenship rights of particular groups, dehumanizing deviants and excluding them from normal society with long prison sentences, and maximizing the visibility of penal consequences.

Mandatory minimum prison sentences, a product of the government's war on drugs that began in the 1980s, limit the discretion of judges to impose shorter prison sentences.