Sentence examples for soft sentencing from inspiring English sources

End of story!" Labour's Chris Bryant said it had been "one of the most flagrant attempts at a contempt of parliament in parliament's history!" If their perjury had been in a court they would have risked seven years' imprisonment, and the way he said it made it clear that that would be just another example of soft sentencing.

Siphesihle Dube gives the example of soft sentencing, and says judges continue to be lenient on traffic crimes, even when drivers have killed someone.

A lack of raised pavements, poor enforcement, untrustworthy licensing and soft sentencing have all been named as contributing factors, but the heart of the problem is to do with attitude, something that Dube calls 'a culture of lawlessness, right across the board'.

But such a "soft" sentence seems like an even more cynical mockery.

He had been convicted of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl 12 years earlier, and now sat before me seemingly quite mad and, in soft sentences, denying any part of the offence.

"While I recognize that the government has to reward cooperating witnesses, I'm surprised that the lead defendant who initiated the conspiracy and did most of the activities received such a soft sentence," Edward Little, a lawyer for Mr. Plotkin, said Friday.

Lee, who has won 55 titles around the world, had his case heard by a three-member panel in Amsterdam on 11 April and faced a two-year ban which would have all but ended his career but the Kuala Lumpur-based BWF opted for a softer sentence.

Yet drivers involved in traffic accidents can still receive softer sentences, such as being made to donate money to charity, as their crimes are often not considered to have been deliberate.

The speech comes after he used last month's reshuffle to replace Ken Clarke, who attracted accusations of being soft on sentencing, with the more hardline Chris Grayling as justice secretary.

If Grayling is looking to advance his career, or even the prospects of his party at the next election, he will find there are easy headlines to be won by attacking the judges for being soft on sentencing or for upholding the human rights of unpopular members of society.

His voice was soft, his sentences punctuated by wan smiles.