Sentence examples for shortened sentence from inspiring English sources
The possibility of a shortened sentence was raised on Wednesday in an article in The Star-Ledger of Newark.
A defense lawyer, Jack Litman, argued that Mr. Legan was essentially trying to entrap Mr. Winkler to get a shortened sentence.
Vincent Vespia, the police chief in South Kingstown, described Jason Foreman's murder as "heinous and brutal," and said Mr. Woodmansee's shortened sentence was "mind-boggling".
Commenting on Berlusconi's shortened sentence, Francesco Todano, a lawyer in Palermo, told VICE News that "technically it's legal, but morally it doesn't make sense".
One law shortened sentences for drug offenders and set up money for drug treatment.
Of the thousands of petitions for pardons and shortened sentences Mr. Bush has received during his presidency, he has granted clemency 171 times and commuted eight sentences.
WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama shortened sentences of 153 federal prisoners on Monday as part of a clemency push before he leaves office in a few weeks.
22: A Georgia sheriff is rewarding the inmates who saved their prison guard's life with something extra special: Shortened sentences for each of them. .
Washington State is considering a proposal by Gov. Gary Locke to shorten sentences for nonviolent crimes and drug offenses and to make it easier for inmates to win early release, saving money by shrinking the prison population.
It will shorten sentences for some nonviolent prison inmates who participate in rehabilitation programs, reduce parole supervision for some infirm and nonviolent offenders, and increase monitoring for parolees with violent criminal records.
Language can only be tortured so far when it comes to policy amendments and the government is in danger of its intentions on reforms being too unreliable to take seriously.Indeed, Mr Clarke has introduced a new Sir Humphrey-ism into the lexicon, insisting that he had been "impressed" by proposals to shorten sentences, only to conclude that the scheme was not workable.
