Sentence examples for punishment sentence from inspiring English sources

How about a rule whereby any capital punishment sentence is commuted to life in prison if the wait exceeds, say, 18 years?

Danmuzhen said his parents were too distraught to eat: "I hope the government arrests all of them, gives them the heaviest punishment, sentence them to death, pay for my sister.

It has been more than 60 years since the last case of a corporal punishment sentence in the United States, a public whipping of a convicted criminal in Delaware in 1952.

Europe remained execution-free in 2013, although Belarus, the only country in the region still to impose capital punishment, sentenced four people to death.

Dunham said that while there has been no direct causal relationship established in studies between popular support for and implementation of the death penalty, studies have shown that capital punishment sentencing and executions rise and fall with popular opinion.

Mass capital punishment sentences are apparently becoming routine in Egypt.

The county is known for aggressive prosecution and tendency of capital punishment sentencing.

But almost 4percentt of U.S. capital punishment sentences are wrongful convictions, meaning about 1 in 25 people who are sentenced to death are likely innocent, according to a new statistical study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

According to a new statistical study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, almost 4percentt of U.S. capital punishment sentences are wrongful convictions, meaning about 1 in 25 people who are sentenced to death are likely innocent.

According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, almost 4percentt of U.S. capital punishment sentences are wrongful convictions, meaning about 1 in 25 people who are sentenced to death are likely innocent.

The report, "The Lives of Juvenile Lifers: Findings from a National Survey," documented "high rates of socioeconomic disadvantage, extreme racial disparities in the imposition of these punishments, sentences frequently imposed without judicial discretion, and counterproductive corrections policies that thwart efforts at rehabilitation".