Sentence examples for tools of coercion from inspiring English sources

Anyone who has lived for any extended period of time under oppression knows that the strongest tools of coercion are not physical, but mental.

DOJ spokesperson Ellen Canale has stated that sentencing enhancements "should not be used to coerce defendants".23 Yet DOJ says nothing while prominent federal prosecutors openly defend using mandatory minimums as tools of coercion.

Critics say the law is, often as not, used as a tool of coercion against vulnerable minorities, or to settle petty disputes, or both.

Bail often acts as a tool of coercion, reform advocates say, that convinces innocent people who cannot pay to plead guilty simply to escape the dangers and strains of life in an overcrowded cell.

The US has accused Russia of using its energy supplies "as a tool of coercion" to try to control Ukraine.

The United States has accused Russia of using its energy supplies "as a tool of coercion" to try to control Ukraine.

In Washington, state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki condemned "Russia's efforts to use energy as a tool of coercion".

The US has accused Russia of using energy "as a tool of coercion" over Ukraine, and says it is working to help Ukraine find gas and financing.

Contrary to popular belief, both carrot and stick are hard power - attempts to manipulate an outcome with a tool of coercion.

More important, the president will establish the precedent that laws will not be nullified because of political blackmail and the debt ceiling will become whatever level the Congress appropriates, thus removing its use as a tool of coercion.

A tool of coercion used by officers, the jacket worked thusly: If an inmate refused to inform, an officer would simply tell the cellblock that the inmate had indeed informed; equally often, if an inmate was disliked by an officer, that officer would spread rumors throughout the cellblock that the inmate was a snitch, hanging a jacket on him.