Sentence examples for the minimum sentence for from inspiring English sources
The minimum sentence for murder is 15 years in prison.
The minimum sentence for the sort of assault he's charged with is five years in jail.
They face one to three years in prison, the minimum sentence for grand larceny.
Under his proposal, the governor would lessen the minimum sentence for some defendants convicted of nonviolent drug crimes.
The minimum sentence for a Class B felony is 1 to 3 years, not 15 years to life.
In South African law, the minimum sentence for murder is 15 years in prison, unless extenuating circumstances can be proved.
He could get as little as three years if he receives the minimum sentences for the two most serious charges and they run concurrently.
Mr. Pataki would lower the minimum sentences for those offenses, but only for those defendants who have no history of violent crimes.
That's the same as the punishment for murder and kidnapping and longer than the minimum sentences for rape, manslaughter and armed robbery.
Pataki's proposal reduces the minimum sentences for many drug crimes, but it leaves much of the basic mandatory system intact, and so falls short of genuine reform.
In Albany, lawmakers took the unusual step of passing tougher sentencing laws, adding three to five years to the minimum sentences for anyone convicted of a violent crime against an on-duty livery-cab, yellow-cab or limousine driver.
