Sentence examples for maximum possible penalties from inspiring English sources

Privately, officials involved in the investigation said that a sense of rivalry was quickly growing among prosecutors to be first to win a conviction that would bring the maximum possible penalties.

The oil firm faced the maximum possible penalties after Judge Carl Barbier, who has overseen the tortuous legal case resulting from the disaster, ruled last September that BP had been "grossly negligent" in its handling of the well.

2.20pm: Debate on an emergency motion on banking saying the Financial Services Authority should impose "the maximum possible penalties" on bankers "found to have breached the trust of their customers".

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said the oil giant displayed a "culture of corporate recklessness", according to a memo filed with a New Orleans court, in the clearest sign yet that it will push for the maximum possible penalties following the spill in 2010.

Some, in their devotion to "diversity," seem reluctant to impose the maximum possible penalties, including execution, on Walker, who took up arms against our troops and, therefore, our country.

Mr. Lasaga, who pleaded no contest, faces a maximum possible penalty of 110 years.

Mr. Kalina pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges with a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Now, federal prosecutors, who have recent shooting sprees around the country in mind, are urging Judge Janet C. Hall of Federal District Court to impose the maximum possible penalty when she sentences Mr. Perone on Thursday in Bridgeport.

Two men convicted of murder in the shooting death of a young police officer 15 years ago were sentenced yesterday to 25 years to life in prison, the maximum possible penalty.

The maximum possible penalty for the charges faced by the former trader — breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computer systems — is five years in prison and a fine of 375,000 euros ($464,000).

"I am pleased that Toyota agreed to pay the maximum possible penalty and I expect Toyota to work cooperatively in the future to ensure consumers' safety," the transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, said in a statement.