Sentence examples for penalty thinking from inspiring English sources

"I was [going] home all the way with tears knowing that my son was facing the death penalty, thinking 'Dear God, what is it that I can do... they gonna kill Steve.'" If a murderer is convicted and the crime is punishable by death, the trial moves on to the penalty phase where the same jury hears about the defendant's background before sentencing.

"I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it's probably justified".

When I asked them about the role sharia played in their understanding of Islam (as many outside of Islam fear the term), Haji, a Somali store owner explained that "sharia simply means law, and to think the sharia is only about the death penalty is like thinking that the U.S. constitution is only about the death penalty, which it is simply not correct".  .

"When people indicate, 'Well, I want to increase the penalty,' they're thinking of the guy that intentionally tries to cheat the system," Weiner said.

The World Cup might have served up some surprises – Italy failing to beat New Zealand, a German missing a penalty, England fans thinking back fondly to the Sven-Goran Eriksson era – but nothing like the shock waves that would have been generated had Federer, in pursuit of a record-equalling seventh men's singles title, lost in his opening match.

"It's good Uefa are thinking penalties that fit the crime better than the usual sporting sanctions," Inter Milan chief executive Ernesto Paolillo said.

"He was vilified massively at the time – people were accusing him of not concentrating on taking a penalty because he was thinking about what dance he was going to do to celebrate," remembers journalist Godred Akoto Boafo of allsports.com.gh.com.gh

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"When he made that tackle and gave away the penalty, he's not thinking about money, he's trying to clear his lines.

For example, a soccer player would perform better when focusing on how to take the penalty, rather than when thinking about the implications of not scoring.

"Am I alone in thinking that penalties are a good way of settling the qualification slot in the event that the teams are level?" asks Gary Naylor.