Sentence examples for lower punishment from inspiring English sources

Professor Genty said the threshold for being disbarred — or even receiving a lower punishment, like a public reprimand or a private admonishment — is fairly high.

Not surprising, Mr. Stanford is seeking a much lower punishment that would effectively result in a sentence of time served since he was jailed after being charged in 2009.

Other traits characteristic for individuals with CU traits such as reduced empathy and a lower punishment sensitivity have been associated with reduced cortisol levels as well [ 22].

I was working out how I was going to survive, where there were softer bear traps - less police and lower punishments, so less risk.

In this sense, stress is thought to relate to dysfunctional strategy use, altered feedback processing, heightened reward sensitivity, and lowered punishment sensitivity (Starcke & Brand, 2012).

In a momentary twist, Representative G. K. Butterfield of North Carolina introduced an amendment to lower the punishment to reprimand.

The police chief has the power to sustain or lower any punishment the board imposes.

Proposition 47, the 2014 ballot measure, changed some nonviolent property and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and allowed those previously convicted under the old rules to ask the courts to lower their punishments.

Proposition 47, the 2014 ballot measure, changed some nonviolent property and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and allowed those previously convicted under the old rules to ask the courts to lower their punishments.

Proposition 45 deals with whether the insurance commissioner can veto certain insurance rate changes, Proposition 46 addresses the legal cap on non-economic damages in medical negligence suits, Proposition 47 lowers the punishment for certain non-violent, non-serious offenses, and Proposition 48 would bless a compact made between the Governor and an Indian tribe regarding a casino.

"We don't believe the judge gave an appropriate explanation for handing down a lower than maximum punishment to Nawaz Sharif," the chief prosecutor, Raja Qureshi, told The Associated Press in Karachi.