Sentence examples for this major sentencing from inspiring English sources
The high powered stars are joining the larger movement to pass this major sentencing reform legislation.
But the more radical proposal to offer major sentencing discounts in return for guilty pleas was neutered by a Prime Minister concerned not to appear soft on crime.
has called for major sentencing reform, saying that sentencing guidelines disproportionately affect minorities and call to mind Jim Crow laws.
The first major sentencing in BC related to fentanyl since the onset of the opioid crisis happened Monday, with a dealer being given 14 years in prison.
"The Legislature could take on parole and sentencing reform immediately without a commission". In legal filings to the court, Brown already takes credit for "major sentencing reform" by diverting low-level felons to jail instead of prison.
The tale — which is also the star-crossed love story of Cohen and Trump — appears in one of the two major sentencing memos that were released to great fanfare Friday evening.
California passed major sentencing reforms in the last few years, including 2014's Prop 47, which reclassified some drug convictions from felonies to misdemeanors, and 2012's Prop 36, a reform to the state's three strikes law, which one study participant recalled voting for.
There would be two major sentences for stone throwers – those who endanger the safety of someone inside a vehicle could be jailed for 10 years without proof there was intention to harm; those throwing stones at people could be sentenced for up to 20 years in prison without the need to prove they intended to cause serious bodily harm.
What caught my attention most was his call for major federal sentencing changes, including dropping the use of mandatory minimum sentencing in certain drug cases.
If one member of the 13-member jury disagrees on a death sentence, Major Hasan will get a sentence of life in prison.
In Major Hasan's sentencing, the jury essentially heard no argument for life, but heard — in powerful, heartbreaking detail — the prosecutors' case for death.
