Sentence examples for more severe charges from inspiring English sources
"They were hoping for more severe charges".
In other instances, narrative details that the police actually recorded seemed to support more severe charges than those they settle on.
Mr. Herrera was arraigned Wednesday night on charges of second-degree manslaughter and first-degree reckless endangerment, more severe charges than he faced when he was arrested at his Long Beach home Tuesday night.
"Were there to be a different prosecutor in Boundary County, the charge, or more severe charges such as second-degree murder, could be refiled," Mr. Yagman, who is a lawyer in Los Angeles, told The Associated Press.
A defense lawyer, David Coombs, called Mr. Benkler as an expert witness in an effort to undercut charges that Private Manning's confessed leaking was not merely illegal but called for more severe charges like "wanton" misconduct and "aiding the enemy," the latter of which could result in a life sentence.
Comey correctly notes that these are more severe charges than what the FBI could bring against Clinton ― they involved clear intent, not negligence.
Not long afterwards, a more severe charge was indeed imposed, ramping up the misery for all concerned.
In the next trial that starts on 6 June, Goodson, the driver of the van, faces the much more severe charge of second-degree depraved-heart murder.
But Nicole Blumberg, an assistant district attorney, said that an investigation that included interviews with more than 20 people and the examination of forensic evidence showed that the more severe charge could not be sustained by law.
Mr. Ferrell's family, who had traveled to Charlotte from Tallahassee, Fla., spoke of forgiveness but would not say whether they thought a more severe charge should have been leveled.
Because many drug users caught up in buy-and-bust operations are accused of the more severe charge of distribution, the majority decide not to go to trial and risk being slapped with hard prison time, lawyers for Legal Aid have said.
