Sentence examples for upheld life from inspiring English sources

The court upheld life in prison without parole for a Michigan man, a first-time offender convicted of possessing and intending to distribute a pound and a half of cocaine.

Cambodia's UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders on Wednesday for crimes against humanity, delivering a blow to their hopes of release as they face a second trial for genocide.

This month the highest appeal court upheld life sentences for seven men accused of calling for anti-government demonstrations.Saudi Arabia, however, remains in a league of its own, ranked by Freedom House, along with North Korea and Equatorial Guinea, as one of the world's least free nations.

A military court in Bahrain has upheld life sentences for eight Shia activists convicted over their role in protests earlier this year.

The rally is being held in response to a court's decision to uphold life prison sentences against several leading opposition activists.

The opposition al-Wefaq party has been urging its supporters to take to the streets to demonstrate against Tuesday's court decision to uphold life sentences against prominent activists.

#Bahrain September 6 ,2012 The opposition al-Wefaq party has been urging its supporters to take to the streets on Friday to demonstrate against Tuesday's court decision to uphold life sentences against prominent activists.

However, a heavy security presence is said to have restricted the scale of the demonstrations which were called in response to a court's decision to uphold life prison sentences against several leading opposition activists.

In contrast, we perceived it as a compassionate path to preserving and upholding life everywhere -- especially Palestinian lives.

Dharma includes whatever naturally upholds life: happiness, truth, duty, virtue, wonder, worship, reverence, appreciation, nonviolence, love, self-respect.

The court also upheld the life sentence for 16 out of 18 other convicts.