Sentence examples for set sentences from inspiring English sources

The court's concern, Mr. Clement said, has been not to allow judges to set sentences beyond the "statutory maximum" for a crime.

At a news conference, Mr. Morgenthau said judges should be allowed to set sentences for first-time offenders convicted of possessing or selling small amounts of drugs, and he advocated more funds for rehabilitation treatment.

Judges were given the power to set sentences other than life imprisonment.

According to a 2013 directive from former Attorney General Eric Holder, federal prosecutors should not specify the amount of drugs involved in non-violent cases, in order to set sentences lower than the mandatory minimums.

An example of this, the group points out, is that while both Grassley's and Scott's separate bills would allow judges to set sentences below the 10-year mandatory minimum for drug crimes, Scott's bill bases eligibility on the offender's role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy, not on the quantity of drugs.

But in his public discourse about the economy, Mr. Bush sometimes sounds disjointed; he has trouble moving beyond a few set sentences about the relationship between free trade and the creation (not to mention the loss) of jobs in the United States.

Judge Sullivan set sentencing for Sept. 9.

Judge Charles Grabau set sentencing for Jan . 25

Judge Harold Baer Jr. set sentencing for Sept. 18.

Justice Colabella set sentencing for Sept. 30.

The judge, Lewis Bart Stone, set sentencing for Dec. 16.