Sentence examples for stiffer sentencing from inspiring English sources

It's hard to see this group being deterred by the prospect of stiffer sentencing.

Those who are pleading guilty are receiving prison sentences - or being passed onto higher courts for stiffer sentencing.

Incarceration rates in the United States have multiplied over the last three decades, in part because of stiffer sentencing rules.

Martoma's sentencing comes amid a crackdown on insider trading by US authorities that had led to stiffer sentencing for those convicted.

The pool of Americans seeking jobs includes more people with criminal histories than ever before, a legacy in part of stiffer sentencing and increased enforcement for nonviolent crimes like drug offenses, criminal justice experts said.

But there are two more obvious explanations for the deterioration: prisons are more crowded, and officers are fewer.Though crime has plummeted in England and Wales, stiffer sentencing has kept prisons packed (see chart 2).

Prosecutors at the state and federal level worked toward stiffer sentences for gun crimes.

Judge Kimberly Small, however, gave her quite a tongue-lashing and appeared disappointed that she couldn't issue a stiffer sentence.

For defendants, accepting a prosecutor's plea deal is less risky than going to trial and possibly being convicted on a more serious charge with a stiffer sentence.

And the judge, in imposing a much stiffer sentence than federal prosecutors had initially agreed to, called the crime "as incomprehensible as it is unconscionable".

Judge Charles R. Breyer of Federal District Court in San Francisco said Mr. Reyes had obstructed justice in preparing for trial, which led to a stiffer sentence.