Sentence examples for rational sentence from inspiring English sources

It's not a rational sentence.

"The Hammonds join... countless other individuals who were denied the opportunity for a judge to exercise appropriate judgment in imposing a rational sentence," said Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va)., a staunch opponent of mandatory minimums, in a statement on Tuesday.

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States need to encourage more rational sentencing, restore the use of executive clemency and bring parole back into the corrections process.

As Mr. Seidensticker recalled in "Tokyo Central," some writers required more dancing than others: "Tanizaki wrote clear, rational sentences," Mr. Seidensticker wrote.

The commission, which appears to have been dominated by prosecutors, called for more rational sentencing guidelines and allowing judges to send more offenders to treatment instead of prison.

"Rational Sentencing" (editorial, Oct. 25) was right on point in calling on New York's sentencing commission to present "a full menu of options for reforming the most draconian drug laws the country has yet seen".

The broadcaster Sally Magnusson has set up a charity in memory of her late mother, Mamie – a vivacious journalist and wife of the late Magnus Magnusson – whose dementia brought memory loss but also, heartbreakingly in a woman for whom words and their precise usage were a passion, an inability to string together rational sentences.