Sentence examples for sentencing especially from inspiring English sources

Yes, of course violent play deserves heavy sentencing, especially when whole careers have been put at risk.

Ferguson too offers a cameo of a national justice system that despite efforts at reform is still tilted against blacks and minorities, not least in the severity of sentencing, especially for drug offences.

Although Britain has a far more liberal approach to sentencing, especially relating to drugs, there has been an expansion in prison numbers and the size of sentences in the past decade or two.

In the nineteen-sixties, the Supreme Court expanded the law of habeas corpus as a protection against the unfair treatment of defendants at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest and interrogation through trial and sentencing, especially in cases leading to death sentences.

The rise was mostly due to policy changes on sentencing, especially with respect to drug laws.

For instance, in recent years, liberal states, like Maryland and California, and conservative states, like Oklahoma and Alaska, have passed legislation that reduces the severity of criminal sentencing, especially for certain nonviolent offenses.

And he speaks splendid witty sentences, especially when being dry about the Dutch.

Both novelists, with their tendency toward straightforward, spare sentences (especially Woodson), create rich worlds with relentless attention to emotional detail.

Chinese courts come under Communist Party control, and there is little likelihood of the trio's escaping conviction and prison sentences, especially given the political environment.

But if one takes the view that a sentence — especially for someone so young — should include rehabilitation, assigning books might be a good idea.

If I had to go through it again I would tell him never to use both an imperitive and a diminutive in the same sentence, especially in bed.