Sentence examples for violence imposed from inspiring English sources

Judges who learned that a convicted assailant was genetically predisposed to violence imposed lighter sentences in a hypothetical case than they otherwise would have, researchers reported on Thursday, in the most rigorous study to date of how behavioral biology can sway judicial decisions.

Twenty-five women's groups in Okinawa issued a statement claiming to be a voice "from Okinawa, which still sits in the midst of unhealed scars from war and daily violence imposed by the military.

The Christmas story always includes angels on a hillside in the middle of the night proclaiming, "Peace on earth, good will to all!" Peace at Christmas cannot be understood unless we remember the violence imposed on Jews living under the violent rule of the Romans.

As President Cardoso rightly points out in his essay on the UNGASS, the Latin American countries struggling with the high burdens of drug market violence imposed on them by the consumption patterns of the wealthy north, were the first UN member states to reject the earlier elite consensus and lead the current call for reform.

Studies in the global south demonstrate that violence imposes burdens on the informal systems of family, kinship, and community networks.

Iraqi and American officials have braced themselves for violence, imposing strict controls on pedestrian and vehicular traffic and cordoning off entire streets and neighborhoods.

The government declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after a third day of street violence, imposing an overnight curfew until disputes over election results are resolved.

The much larger price, they say, involves "the devastating emotional costs experienced by relatives and friends of gunshot victims, and the fear and general reduction in quality of life that the threat of gun violence imposes on everyone in America, including people who are not victimized".

According to a recent estimate, intimate partner violence imposes an economic drag of one to nearly to four percent of GDP across a variety of countries.

For generations America and its institutions have refused to acknowledge the true severity of the harm that domestic violence imposes on our society.

Treating the physical and mental health impacts of violence imposes significant costs on health services [ 3].