sentencing造句

The presiding judge also gives jurors guidelines regarding sentencing.

The second is the increasing lag between sentencing and execution.

"I found this sentencing exercise the most difficult I have ever taken," the judge said.

Under ordinary sentencing laws, convicts are subject to a range of punishment.

The influential WashingtonPost, for its part, blasted three strikes sentencing as "barbaric".

The judge said it was the hardest sentencing exercise he had undertaken.

If the judge departs from the sentencing guideline range, he must have a lawful reason for such a departure.

Statements of guilt by the executives may be a tactic aimed at winning sympathy during sentencing, legal analysts said.

Mr Justice Calvert-Smith delayed sentencing until June 26 but said that all three faced life in jail.

Some courts have operated through the night to process cases, and magistrates have referred guilty rioters and looters to Crown courts, which have greater sentencing powers.

Determinate sentencing, on the other hand, reflects a philosophy of deterrence and means that prison time is relatively fixed, whether an inmate behaves well or badly.

In written statements ahead of the sentencing, more than 100 victims detailed how Madoff had wrecked their lives and in many cases squandered their pensions.

Mandatory sentencing, then, is morally acceptable only if the mandatory punishment is at the lowest extreme of the continuum of reasonable penalties for the offense.

Last week's sentencing of Lindsay Lohan marked yet another instance of a high-profile celeb trading in designer duds for an orange jumpsuit.

A Turkish woman accused of cutting off her lover's penis must wait 18 months for a verdict and sentencing while a court determines whether his re-attached penis still functions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the sentencing that this was a “sad day” for Israel, “but also one of deep appreciation and pride in the Israeli justice system.”

After the sentencing, Saunders said lessons needed to learned about "how best to receive the evidence of very young children" to ensure both a fair trial and also the welfare of the witness.