Sentence examples for unduly lenient from inspiring English sources

"The ULS (unduly lenient sentence) scheme allows anyone to refer a sentence to me for consideration.

Britain's tabloid newspapers were furious; so was Mr Reid, who called the tariff "unduly lenient".

The scheme of appealing unduly lenient sentences was working well, he said.

Diversion programs are criticized as being unduly lenient, because they allow offenders to be sanctioned in an unconventional manner.

We continue to think that he abused his discretion in giving an unduly lenient sentence to Turner," he said.

Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, will tell the five appeal judges that this 40-year tariff was "unduly lenient".

The attorney general's office has confirmed it is considering whether to refer the sentence to the court of appeal for being unduly lenient after receiving complaints.

Earlier this week the Attorney-General's Office confirmed that the sentence would not be referred to the Court of Appeal for being unduly lenient.

The office of the Attorney General has now confirmed his prison sentence has been referred under the "unduly lenient sentence scheme".

While concluding that the punishment was "lenient" and "arguably it was unduly so," he declined.

"The unduly harsh judge escapes concern while the lenient judge gets hit," said Douglas A. Berman, a professor at the Moritz College of Law at Ohio University, who closely follows sentencing law and policy.