Sentence examples for offence based from inspiring English sources

The offence, based on legislation introduced in New York, would carry a maximum prison sentence of 51 weeks, a fine of up to £5,000 or both.

A key element of the plans will be the categorisation of an "Olympics offence", based on when and where the alleged offence was committed, and whether the accused or victim is a competitor, spectator or official.

I don't believe Mr Routh was actually intoxicated at the time of the offence based on a lot of the things he did – shooting accurately at the victims, driving 105 miles without an accident, not having slurred speech … I think he was psychotic".

Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights has called for the US-UK treaty to be renegotiated to prevent people like Mr Ahmad being extradited if the British authorities have already decided not to prosecute someone for an offence based on the same evidence.

The charge was currency offences, based on a few Swiss francs found in her bungalow among the jade, rose-quartz, Lalique and Rosenthal.

In 2007, he also voted against changes to the Equality Act, which put LGBT discrimination on the same legal footing as offences based on race, gender or disability for the first time.

The judges' decision that Abu Qatada could not be deported to Jordan because he might face trial for terrorist offences based on information obtained by torture has been cited as proof that the UK no longer controls its political destiny.

He escaped a death sentence partly by agreeing to testify at the trial of the second man charged with the killing.A day later, President Clinton asked Congress to expand federal laws against hate crimes to include offences based on sexual orientation or disability.

The Strasbourg court ruled last week that Qatada could not be deported to Jordan because it was highly likely he would face a trial for terrorist offences based on evidence obtained by torture and that would amount to a "denial of justice".

"Offence is based on timing, and defence is generally based on the disruption of timing".

There was also a belief that they were arresting people at random, sometimes days after the alleged offence, and based on the identification of people that they had seen from a considerable distance.