Sentence examples for severe prosecution from inspiring English sources

The movie was banned in Indonesia, and anyone caught with a copy faced severe prosecution.

In 1466 he initiated a severe prosecution against the Fraticelli (Franciscan extremists) with plans to exterminate them and their associates.

Most criminal convictions in America come from plea bargains, in which defendants exchange their right to a trial for less severe prosecution or a shorter jail sentence.

Frank Bowman of Indiana University, whose ideas helped shape those guidelines, now says they are arguably "too tough".Crucially, long sentences for fraud give extra leverage to the DOJ in its use of plea bargains, in which defendants exchange their right to a trial for less severe prosecution, or shorter jail sentences.

Under normal circumstances, any American organization that provides "material benefit" to a terrorist organization would face severe prosecution under rules administered by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFACC).

But Judge Sullivan delivered a severe scolding to the prosecution and said he would bar the government from using two categories of evidence central to its case.

The bill also includes provisions for a study of the extent of hate crimes in the nation and for grants of up to $100,000 by the Justice Department to help communities that find the investigation and prosecution a severe burden.

Arrest rates relatively reflect more severe criminal behaviors, while prosecution rates cover more cases (The National People's Congress 2012).6.6

The arrest rate may reflect more severe crimes, whereas the prosecution rate counts for a larger sum of criminal cases including that with a lower social threat, for example those under bail and residential surveillance (The National People's Congress 2012).

At the same time, Liechtenstein, Monaco and every other "tax haven" has agreed to greater transparency and information sharing with the U.S. The world of "secret" offshore banking is over, and many Americans with foreign accounts came clean under an IRS amnesty known as the Voluntary Disclosure Program, rather than face severe penalties and criminal prosecution.

Under the new law, if British fighters decided to return home anyway, they would be required to turn themselves over to police at the border, and could face prosecution or severe restrictions on their movement for up to two years.