Sentence examples for reduction of sentences from inspiring English sources

Officially, the government denies it holds any political prisoners, and its generosity entailed a blanket one-year reduction of sentences for all jailed criminals.

The bill also advocated the reduction of sentences for women convicted of treason, a crime that at the time included a husband's murder.

Barring reduction of sentence for mitigation, which becomes the subject of another mini-trial dedicated to sentencing that starts tomorrow, he will face a substantial chunk of his adult life in military custody.

He pleaded guilty to being party to the murder but, in return for a reduction of sentence, said he would tell the truth and claimed that Shrien had asked him to organise the killing.

The government is permitted to enter into evidence the applicant's prison disciplinary record to argue against the motion for reduction of sentence.

He was convicted and condemned one year later, after various reductions of sentence, to 12 months' imprisonment and a fine.

The governor would make about 500 inmates, out of the roughly 600 serving sentences of 15 years to life or more, eligible for reduction of their sentences.

But the Constitutional Court toughened the law, limiting the reduction of jail sentences only to those who made full confessions.

We have reached one of our goals in the reduction of the sentences for some drug offenders, although not always the appropriate ones.

Here he again demonstrated his ability to read an emperor's mind; it was he who drafted the letter to the court that secured a significant reduction of the sentences the tribunal had imposed.

Warren Hoge (NYT) BRITAIN: DRUG ADVICE REJECTED -- The government rejected the recommendation of a panel of drug experts, police officials and lawyers for the reduction of prison sentences for the use of heroin and cocaine and an end to jail terms for marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy users.