Sentences with phrase «deterred by this penalty»

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The Pharisees recognized the positive value of law, which deters men from wrong actions by prescribing penalties and brings them to acknowledge their shortcomings.

By toughening penalties for commercial - scale online offending we are offering greater protections to businesses and sending a clear message to deter criminals.»

First and foremost, the penalties are intended to deter drivers impaired by drugs from going on the road.

As such, the Isnor case differs from New Mex, in that a jail term was imposed on an individual with a long list of prior convictions that had not been deterred by earlier penalties imposed on him.

The assumption is that senior officers, and thereby corporations generally, will be deterred from criminal conduct by harsh penalties that might even bankrupt the corporation.

THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER, B.C. — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it's essential to have strong penalties to deter crime and changes to the Criminal Code proposed by his government will toughen Canada's justice system.