Sentence examples for technical offenses from inspiring English sources

Its penalties have been, New Zealand assistant coach Steve Hansen pointed out, for fouls, and not McCaw-style technical offenses.

First, it has proved impossible to draft and keep up-to-date a criminal code that unambiguously encompasses all conduct intended to be deemed criminal; there are technical offenses or offenses that public opinion no longer regards as culpable.

Cranmer's trial for treason was but a pretext; the queen and her advisers did not intend him to die for the technical offense of having supported Northumberland's insane conspiracy but meant to destroy him for his long-standing offense in promoting Protestantism.

"Even if United States law only permits him to be charged with 'technical' offenses rather than the underlying war crimes, it is a measure of justice for the hundreds of thousands of victims of the cycle of violence he helped unleash".

In 2013, while 37% of detained girls had committed status offenses or technical (probation) violations, only 25% of detained boys had committed the same offenses.

Many of these parents are incarcerated for non-violent offenses or technical parole violations, and they aren't watching their kids' football games, helping them with homework, or simply sharing a meal with them at the end of the day.

He acknowledged that Smith had struggled picking up some of the technical aspects of the offense — "If y'all knew the volume of stuff in his head right now," he said — but sounded optimistic that Smith would settle down after minicamp.

Chicago – 11th in Points Scored Without an Offense As a technical matter, the Bears (8-3) rank 11th in points scored.

If it was not Wallace blowing a gasket and leading the league in technical fouls, it was poor decision-making on offense.

A: As a technical matter, Amendment 782 simply downwardly adjusts all base offense levels found in the Sentencing Guidelines Drug Quantity Table (found here: U.S.C. § 2D1.1), which means that it affects virtually all sentencing for federal drug crimes.

Smith was also the author of Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, which is the best-selling technical basketball book in history.