Sentence examples for substantial sentence from inspiring English sources

Prosecutors had asked for a "substantial" sentence.

"Forty-six years is a substantial sentence for a man of Krstic's age," he said "The essence is there.

Cheshire Police said Nicholson's substantial sentence would send out a clear message to others involved in money-lending schemes.

Still, they said, the seriousness of his crimes and the need for general deterrence required "a substantial sentence".

After the finding of contempt, he asked the judge to give petitioner a substantial sentence and the judge complied—with 15 months in the penitentiary.

Mr. Hynes described the minimum of three years Mr. Barron will serve as "the most substantial sentence ever served by any former Supreme Court justice".

Prisons in Mexico remain so rife with corruption that many traffickers had been able to manage their illegal businesses from behind bars, and courts have proven too weak to deliver swift, substantial sentences.

The CPS is currently reviewing its approach to social media in the light of several cases in which substantial sentences have been handed down after people have posted offensive remarks on Twitter and Facebook or sent them directly via email.

"With few convictions and no substantial sentences, juries and the courts simply did not agree with the government's position that stock option backdating represented a serious financial crime".

Woods's sentence comes as the CPS reviews how to treat social media and electronic communication in the light of several cases where substantial sentences have been handed down after people have posted offensive remarks on Twitter and Facebook or sent them directly via email.

The same week, as the State Legislature seemed about to pass a bill that would reduce the penalty for the possession of a small amount of marijuana to that for a parking violation, he said that he would pardon those already serving substantial sentences for the same offense under the harsh previous laws.