Sentence examples for sentences were increased from inspiring English sources

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At the appeal, the rapists' sentences were increased to between two and nine years.

Among the 62 cases where sentences were increased upon appeal, just three judges were involved in more than one trial.

He switched to selling drugs after robbery sentences were increased and a man he tried to mug pulled a gun on him.

Jeremiah, Kepae and Cecil pleaded guilty in 2016, but successfully appealed to the high court of Australia in November after their prison sentences were increased by the Nauruan supreme court.

The Hammonds claimed the fires were set to help their ranching operations and were sentenced to short prison sentences in 2012; when the Obama administration appealed, those sentences were increased to five years apiece in 2015, the mandatory minimum for setting fires on federal land.

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On the day the NCA was launched, Mrs May also revealed the government's serious and organised crime strategy, which includes plans to ensure criminal assets cannot be hidden by spouses, that assets are frozen earlier and that prison sentences are increased for criminals who fail to pay confiscation orders.

When she appealed, the sentence was increased to 51 years.

Mr. Conte's sentence was increased to 40 years.

2005: Husband's sentence is increased to 10 years after he admits further abuse.

That sentence was increased to whole life in 1994 by the home secretary, Michael Howard.

Condemned to three months' imprisonment, Arnim appealed, but his sentence was increased to nine months.

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