Sentence examples for strict sentences from inspiring English sources

Moreover, they all are weaker than entailment in probabilistic logic where default sentences are interpreted as strict sentences.

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

Prosecutors have resisted attempts to change the system, contending that the strict sentences deter crime and induce suspects to cooperate because the penalties provide the police and prosecutors with so much leverage.

With one day left in the scheduled legislative session, the Senate Republicans said they would pass a new bill tonight aimed at breaking the deadlock with the Assembly Democrats over how to soften the state's strict sentences for drug crimes.

The governor said the initiative, available to district attorneys, was not a substitute for his efforts to revise the state's Rockefeller-era drug laws, which require strict sentences for minor drug offenses.

The two sides disagree on how much discretion a judge should have to send people to drug treatment, and on how to release some people currently in jail because of the strict sentences.

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

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.

For a few days, Zempko waited and wondered: If they asked him to testify, would he push for leniency or a strict sentence?