Sentence examples for strict sentence from inspiring English sources

During the trial, Mr. Capone's efforts to avoid a strict sentence were thwarted by Judge James H. Wilkerson, who refused to offer a lenient sentence in exchange for a guilty plea.

In a ruling that reassured anti-discrimination groups concerned that a recent Supreme Court decision would weaken New Jersey's hate crimes law, a state Superior Court judge today imposed a strict sentence on a man who had pleaded guilty to an anti-Semitic rock-throwing spree in a heavily Jewish section of the city.

In this, strict sentencing guidelines have a checkered track record.

Strict sentences did not make a shambles of his life because he had never faced them.

We do have a crime problem, and most South Africans do support strict sentencing.

The bill is also at odds with some recent efforts in the states to roll back strict sentencing laws.

The federal system alone holds 219,000 inmates, 40 percent above its capacity, thanks to strict sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum sentences.

It also comes when many states, faced with budget deficits, have passed new, less strict sentencing laws in an attempt to reduce the number of inmates.

Laurie Quick, Ms. Shook's sister, said her family did not know about the state's strict sentencing guidelines until Ms. Shook, now 49, was arrested.

If you disagree with any of this, well then, we know which side you're on, don't we?That seems to be the line taken by prosecutors and police officers in defence of strict sentencing guidelines for criminals.

Instead, she said, "clear and strict" sentencing guidelines should be introduced and the government should provide regular training for judges and lawyers on "gender sensitization and on the nature of consent and rape".