Sentence examples for rigid sentencing from inspiring English sources

Three decades of stricter drug laws, reduced parole and rigid sentencing rules have lengthened prison terms and more than tripled the percentage of Americans behind bars.

That meant 46 months in prison, under rigid sentencing guidelines.

The survey is the first of its kind for Washington, DC based FAMM, which opposes rigid sentencing requirements.

There is a growing number of people who understand the futility of the war on drugs and the disastrous effects of rigid sentencing policies like mandatory minimums.

"I think it suggests that a substantial proportion of the 4,000 cases were sentenced under the more rigid sentencing structure".

The statement offers public policy recommendations, such as opposing "rigid" mandatory sentencing and the imprisonment of children in adult jails, urging treatment for addicts and the mentally ill, and calling for keeping crime victims fully apprised of legal processes and allowing them to speak at a sentencing about how a crime has affected their lives.

Were Kozlowski in federal court instead, he could easily be facing what amounts to a life sentence with no chance of parole under rigid new sentencing guidelines.

"For about 20 years, we had very rigid mandatory sentencing guidelines that did a very good job of sending way too many people to prison for way too long," said Molly Gill, federal legislative director at Families Against Mandatory Minimums, an advocacy group based in Washington.

Instead, they want to end the pointlessly rigid mandatory sentences and give judges discretion to mete out appropriate punishments.

For more than a quarter-century, New York has imposed some of the toughest, most rigid prison sentences on drug offenders.

The reduction of morphological complexity has been accompanied by the emergence of a more rigid order of sentence elements.