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'sentence handed down' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a punishment or verdict that has been decided by a court or judicial authority. For example, "The judge handed down a sentence of two years in prison for the defendant."
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Mr. Ioannidis greeted his initial death sentence, handed down in 1975, with a half-smile.
The initial sentence handed down would have spared Mr Mollah's life.
The sentence, handed down in an Alexandria court, angered both sides.
Nor has the average ten-year jail sentence handed down to poachers.
The sentence handed down against Lorance dashes his plans for the future.
The Rosenborg and Denmark player has appealed against the sentence handed down in Copenhagen.
That involved a 30-day sentence handed down in Los Angeles, he said.
Mr. Dharmodipuro said he would appeal the sentence, handed down Monday.
"We have an agreement with the SCSL to enforce any sentence handed down to Charles Taylor.
The sentence, handed down by Perth magistrate, Barbara Lane, was later found to be "manifestly excessive".
The longest sentence handed down so far was 46 years for genocide.
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