Sentence examples for sentences were meted from inspiring English sources

Death sentences were meted out to 11 defendants.

Only half as many death sentences were meted out in 2001 as in 1998.

Short jail sentences were meted out to five showmen, and Ringling Brothers soon got back on the road.

But public outrage with corporate America has hit a crescendo since those sentences were meted out, and prosecutors will be out for blood when they get Jeffrey Skilling et al. in their sights.

Harsh jail sentences are meted out to young men convicted of creating or even visiting banned sites.

Sentences are meted out by local public security officials, and defendants have no access to lawyers and little chance for appeal".

The length of the sentences being meted out for insider trading have been on an upward trajectory lately, and recent decisions by federal appeals courts in Manhattan and Philadelphia will further that trend.

The writer poses situations where judges become so distracted by their own tirades on various topics that sentences are meted out to defendants with little relevance to the crimes they have committed.

At both the state and federal level, overly long prison sentences are meted out with outrageous racial disparities.

Result: the accusation is made by Norma the Plumber, the trial is conducted by Norma the Plumber, the verdict is rendered by Norma the Plumber, and the sentence is meted out by Norma the Plumber.

We were concerned by the nature of the charges; the use of security courts and national security legislation; the allegations of police harassment and entrapment; and the severe sentences that were meted out.