Sentence examples for setting penalties from inspiring English sources

A Presidential panel declined to support passage of legislation defining the rights of patients and setting penalties for violations.

This prompted State Senator Wayne R. Bryant of Camden to call for a law explicitly outlawing the practice and setting penalties for violations of the law.

In 1986, the US Congress passed legislation setting penalties that were literally 100 times harsher for crack than for powder cocaine violations.

Most states authorized this punishment "only through the combination of two independent statutory provisions" — one allowing the transfer of juveniles to adult court, the other setting penalties (including mandatory life without parole) for everyone tried in adult court.

Janelle Guthrie, communications director for the Washington State attorney general's office told me that the state's "lawsuit continues with regard to setting penalties". The Moms for Labeling lawsuit highlights the important role that private litigation has in getting state officials to force Big Food's compliance with the law and big kudos to the attorney general for doing so.

Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the FTC, said in a statement: "The record setting penalty in this matter sends a clear message to all companies under an FTC privacy order.

"The record setting penalty in this matter sends a clear message to all companies under an FTC privacy order," said Jon Leibowitz, Chairman of the FTC.

Among the opinions Skrepenak expressed during his time with the Raiders was that the Raiders overemphasized slogans related to team history while setting penalty records as a team.

Congress sets penalties for federal crimes.

The school has no printed rules or set penalties.

Typically, such contracts set penalties for disturbances to root systems.