In Utah, however, sentences are fixed, which state officials say is a reason that they provide more pay.
Knowing that sentences are fixed, a prosecutor can largely determine the final outcome based on the charges that he decides to bring or agree to.
Maximum sentences are fixed by Parliament and there are discounts for early guilty pleas.
So a natural hypothesis is that the meaning of each sentence is fixed by these modes of combination, given the relevant word meanings.
In this model the error variance for the sentence repetition latent variable was fixed to be equal to the observed error variance on the task at each time point (based on Cronbach's alpha for the sample).
There is nothing that judges can do about mandatory minimum sentences that are fixed by federal law and that, for example, impose the same five years for possession of five grams of crack, about one-fifth of an ounce, as for 500 grams of powder, more than one pound.
Granting Huhne unconditional bail until a sentence date to be fixed, Mr Justice Sweeney said: "As Mr Kelsey-Fry has foreshadowed, you should have no illusions whatsoever as to the sort of sentence that you are likely to receive".
And indeed, when the nominalist claims that the truth-values of sentences of LM are fixed in a way which doesn't appeal to mathematical objects, it is precisely this sort of non-homophonic translation she has in mind.
Granting Huhne unconditional bail until a sentence date to be fixed, Mr Justice Sweeney said: "As Mr Kelsey-Fry has foreshadowed, you should have no illusions whatsoever as to the sort of sentence that you are likely to receive". Ms Pryce's case was adjourned until 10 00 GMT on Tuesday, when a trial is expected to start.
The judge Brian Barker adjourned sentencing to a date to be fixed while reports are carried out.
