Sentence examples for previous sentencing from inspiring English sources

"Essentially the guideline maintains the previous sentencing practice with the exception of drug mules and large-scale production offences where the range of sentences is slightly greater than previously".

On a day when the main event was to be the long-awaited sentencing of the rapper Lil Wayne on gun possession charges — he was excused from his previous sentencing date because of dental work — a two-alarm fire broke out in the basement of the court building, at 100 Centre Street.

And that includes the previous sentence.

The previous sentence needs a little explanation.

HOW does Private Manning's sentence compare with previous sentences?

Hindsight is the crucial word in the previous sentence.

Mr Basyir's previous sentences have been light.

"Nunn's sentence isn't out of step with previous sentences for similar offences," he said.

And, of course, the key word in that previous sentence is "fictional".

The previous sentence was a 13-year prison term ordered last year in a Florida case.

There's a certain kind of man who will read the previous sentence and bristle.