Sentence examples for reduced sentencing from inspiring English sources

The Obama Administration has managed to briefly lift a ban on the use of federal funds for needle-exchange programs and reduced sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine.

In recent years, California rolled back its three-strike statutes, allowing certain prisoners to be resentenced; New Jersey reduced sentencing enhancements for drug offenses; and New York diverted certain people convicted of drug crimes away from prison.

The types of reforms Holder has been advocating -- strategies like more reliance on drug courts and reduced sentencing for first-time nonviolent offenders -- mirror what Perry has put in place in Texas, and the administration has praised the state for its changes.

By Sunday evening police had worked out a reduced sentence.

Victims and relatives of the Khmer Rouge have expressed outrage by the reduced sentence.

She has formally applied to President Barack Obama for a pardon or reduced sentence.

Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay cooperated with the government in the hopes of getting a reduced sentence.

And in 2008 and again in 2011, Congress reduced sentences for inmates involved with crack cocaine.

Several Enron victims wrote letters to the court protesting Mr. Skilling's proposed reduced sentence.

Dr. Benhamou, 51, is "cooperating in hope of receiving a reduced sentence," prosecutors said.

The hundreds that have committed crimes against humanity face reduced sentences if they confess.