Ominously, the union, which was not involved in planning the reform, is being publicly sceptical, claiming that Mr Hickman's vow to "blow up the boxes" (a Schwarzeneggerian metaphor) will be more like a shifting of the furniture.The other, bigger problem with Mr Schwarzenegger's plan is that fundamental question about sentencing laws.
If she had a question about sentence structure, phrasing or character, she'd go to Google.
Chan and Sukumaran have challenges before the constitutional court and judicial commission that raise questions about the sentencing and the clemency process.
While ostensibly about the state systems, the new case, Blakely v. Washington, No. 02-1632, also raises questions about federal sentencing guidelines, which differ from those of the states in important respects.
But those who welcome a reduction in prison population shouldn't overlook necessary questions about community sentences' purpose and limitations.
Following up with basic yes-no questions about each sentence's content, they found that comprehension dropped by about 25% in trials that blocked rereading versus those that didn't, the researchers report online this month in Psychological Science.
Shattuck's punishment also raised more general questions about weekend sentences, when they're used, and what types of crimes merit them.
Sure, its awkward sometimes, being one of the only ones in class with their hand raised and waving at any given point of time and asking questions about every sentence that comes out of the teacher's mouth, but that's one of the great things about you.
Within each category, questions about words, sentences, and short paragraphs are asked.
The participants were asked to first listen to the sentence(s), then answer a comprehension question about those sentence(s) and finally, repeat the last word in each sentence aloud.
