Sentence examples for minimum punishment from inspiring English sources

Minimum punishment provisions were omitted from subsection (c).

"The minimum punishment was not sufficient to have the necessary dissuasive effect.

Courts should impose the minimum punishment unless there are particular circumstances that make doing so unjust.

The two face a minimum punishment of life in prison without parole.

Under the terms of the deal, he will spend three years in state prison, the minimum punishment for the offense.

He does not plan to appeal the decision, which represents the minimum punishment available for the offence.

Last year, Brown vetoed a bill that would have established mandatory minimum punishments for college sexual assault cases, arguing that establishing such punishments should be up to the schools, not the state. .

"Wildlife and forest crimes must be treated as serious crimes with minimum punishments of four years or more so that full force of deterrence can be used against criminals," he said.

Last year, as part of the Justice Department's "Smart on Crime" initiative, he instructed federal prosecutors to stop charging many nonviolent drug defendants with offenses that carry mandatory minimum sentences – punishments that he said were contributing to overcrowded prisons.

He added: "It seems the goal was to obtain the maximum punishment with minimum due process.

It seems the goal was to obtain maximum punishment with minimum due process".