Sentence examples for sentencing authority from inspiring English sources

For the criminal-justice system to function rationally, it is important that the sentencing authority be confined to the judiciary.

Prosecutors can hijack sentencing authority from judges, and criminals can get off with less than they deserve.

To satisfy the Supreme Court's concerns about arbitrariness, Florida's new version shifted final sentencing authority from jurors to judges — the jury's sentence became merely an advisory verdict.

To satisfy the Supreme Court's concerns about arbitrariness, Florida's new version shifted final sentencing authority from jurors to judges the jury's sentence became merely an advisory verdict.

Between the time of his arrest and the date of trial, Congress modified the law by giving the courts discretionary sentencing authority.

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Orrin Hatch, who knows better than to unduly limit judicial sentencing authority, should see that the ill-conceived sentencing provisions are omitted.

"But even well educated young people don't pay a great deal of attention to sentencing authorities when they are making a nuisance of themselves.

Previously, the court had held that, regarding children, such sentences are akin to the death penalty, which the court said requires individuation — consideration by sentencing authorities of each defendant's characteristics and crime.

If, however, I am fined as punishment for a crime, that fine is intended to be burdensome: that is why many sentencing authorities aim to proportion fines to the offender's means, to ensure that both rich and poor offenders are burdened fairly and proportionately; and that is what is wrong with the idea that one might take out insurance to cover the cost of fines.

After Madoff's guilty plea and subsequent 150-year sentence, authorities sought to determine whether his claims that he acted alone were, in fact, accurate.

Each of the fraud counts carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and the money laundering count carries a 10 year maximum sentence, authorities said.