Sentence examples for sentence request from inspiring English sources

WALL STREET JOURNAL Rajaratnam Lawyers Call Sentence Request 'Grotesquely Severe' | Federal prosecutors have asked that Raj Rajaratnam, the convicted Galleon Group hedge fund co-founder, receive a sentence of as much as 24 and a half years for insider trading.

But the focus of Williams's attorney Shawn Nolan and his co-counsel will be on more recent alleged ethical and legal violations: namely, the failure of State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille to recuse himself from the appeal of the death sentence, even though he had overseen the prosecution and personally approved the death sentence request as the Philadelphia DA.

His lawyer, Jean-René Farthouat, nevertheless, claimed a victory of sorts, noting that Mr. Dumas' sentence was considerably more lenient than the two-year jail sentence requested by the prosecutors.

In July, Judge Holwell sentenced Danielle Chiesi, a co-conspirator of Mr. Rajaratnam, to two and a half years in prison, which was less than the minimum three-year sentence requested by the government.

Then, totaling the seven conspiracy and extortion counts in the indictment, Judge Brown imposed the maximum sentence, requested by the United States Attorney, Michael Chertoff: 95 years with no parole and a fine of $1.75 million.

Accordingly, after giving both parties an opportunity to argue for whatever sentence they deem appropriate, the district judge should then consider all of the §3553(a) factors to determine whether they support the sentence requested by a party.6 In so doing, he may not presume that the Guidelines range is reasonable.

It far exceeded the 150-year sentence requested by prosecutors.

Hassler and his mother reportedly hope to plead for a lesser sentence, requesting mental help for him instead.

He said he appreciated Judge Chin's rejection of the government's harsher sentencing request.

Genrikh Padva, a lawyer for Mr. Khodorkovsky, said the sentencing request was expected.

Mr. Coke, in a seven-page handwritten letter sent to Judge Patterson last September, made his own sentencing request.