Sentence examples for sentences from inspiring English sources

In 2006 Lord Phillips, then lord chief justice, argued that politicians and judges had been pushed into handing down increasingly long sentences in England and Wales.

The less harsh sentences came from the Manchester judge who announced, possibly in solidarity, that he too was exceeding the guideline.

He said he was "angry" about this, but added: "It would be unfair to pass suspended sentences on you in these circumstances".

All three were banned by the ICC and given prison sentences in Britain.

This week, Nigerien legislators adopted a law calling for prison sentences of up to 30 years for smugglers of illegal immigrants in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants leaving Africa for Europe.

"It is positive in the sense that it is an entirely new initiative, but is it going to do anything?" The modern slavery bill brings together current offences on trafficking and slavery, introduces tougher sentences for traffickers, and creates an independent anti-slavery commissioner, likely to be a former police officer.

Officials believe that those whose terms were up before the summer of 2014 managed to get out, but the rest have been forced to stay behind even if their sentences have since ended, or they have become eligible for parole.

She was well aware of how to exploit a sitter's bemusement when confronted by this short-of-stature figure speaking in clipped sentences with a posh accent.

They are not as loud as many other students, but when they speak they finish each other's sentences.

I don't think I could say which is the party of the NHS, I really don't Deborah Lee speaks quickly and punctuates her sentences with acronyms.

Sutcliffe, who received 20 life sentences in 1981 for the murder of 13 women and the attempted murder of seven others, left the secure mental hospital to be taken to Arnside, Cumbria on Monday.