Sentence examples for statutory sentencing from inspiring English sources

And Moore himself added that Brooker's sentence was "excessive and unjustified" and urged the Alabama legislature to "revisit the statutory sentencing scheme" for the state.

Wired reported that if it does and the two cases are combined, the maximum statutory sentence Brown could now face "would likely be five years".

If convicted, according to the U.S. Attorney's office, Marcuello and Ornelas each face a possible maximum statutory sentence of up to ten years in prison.

As a result, the commission is considering a proposal that would allow judges to remove prison time in excess of the old statutory minimum sentences, but such inmates would still not be eligible for a reduction to the new minimum sentences established by the 2010 law.

Washington's statutory maximum sentence for kidnapping is 10 years, well above what Mr. Blakely received.

In a filing of charges immediately after the hearing, prosecutors said that Mr. Madoff faced a statutory maximum sentence of 150 years, but also must make restitution and face fines of "twice the gross gain".

For years, lawmakers (and some voters) have reasoned that virtually no punishment was too severe for such criminals; even statutory limits on sentencing were often exceeded.

Judge Wolff said that some judges might never look at the price tags (though they are available to anyone, and some defense lawyers have begun mentioning them) and that judges ultimately did whatever they wished (within statutory limits) on sentences.

Civil liberties groups are particularly concerned about a component of the bill that would increase the statutory maximum prison sentence to 20 years for providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization.

Found guilty of "statutory communism", their sentence of nine months' hard labour was suspended for two years.

Lawyers for the film director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States before his sentencing for statutory rape 30 years ago, asked a judge here to dismiss the case against him based on claims of judicial and prosecutorial wrongdoing revealed in a documentary film.