Sentences with phrase «imposed life sentence»

The difference between Nubo and most other dogs is that he is serving a government - imposed life sentence of house arrest.

Khawaja, an Ottawa software developer, was appealing his conviction while the Crown cross-appealead, asking the court to impose a life sentence rather than the 10-1/2 years imposed by trial judge Justice Douglas J. A. Rutherford of the Superior Court of Justice on Oct. 24, 2006.

Not exact matches

Mr Justice Dingemans imposed a mandatory life sentence and told the defendant he would serve a minimum of 20 years imprisonment.

But I am also aware that every year, hundreds of thousands of women and babies experience no such reprieve from the preventable death sentence imposed when labour goes wrong and there is not even the most basic health care available to ease their suffering and save their lives.

Nelson Mandela the first Black to be elected South African President, was once in jail with a life sentence for the charge of «treason», imposed by a Nazi - like White minority ruling - National party Regime that ruled South Africa for more than 70 years, and he went on to become the President of a fully integrated South Africa.

«I hope the sentence I impose upon you will make other politicians think twice until their better angels take over — or, if there are no better angels, perhaps the fear of living out his golden years in an orange jumpsuit,» said Caproni, who also ordered Silver to forfeit $ 5.3 million and pay a $ 1.75 million fine.

Iceland's parliament is due to discuss a bill that could impose a six - year prison sentence for anyone guilty of removing part or all of the child's sexual THE WESTERN ORTHODOX HERITAGE For a thousand years, from AD37 to AD1054 - 66, the people living in the British Isles and western Europe believed and

The trial judge imposed a sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for 14 years.

After carefully considering those factors, the District Court sentenced Adelson principally to 42 months» imprisonment, a sentence substantially below the applicable Guidelines range of life in prison, and also imposed an order of restitution of $ 50 million, payable to the company's shareholders, and directed Adelson to forfeit $ 1.2 million in criminal proceeds.

When they are detected, it is almost always long after the wrongfully imposed conviction, and the resulting sentence has been served, and the consequences of the unjustly imposed criminal record and loss of employability etc., endured, and lives thereby severely damaged.

Writing in this week's NLJ, Bindman says the home secretary's Modern Slavery Bill consolidates existing laws and imposes tougher sentences for offences, including potential life imprisonment for kidnapping and false imprisonment.

In response, «the district court imposed the sentence of 235 months [the top of the 188 - 235 guideline range] to be followed by supervised relief [sic] for life.»

«Anti-pardons» are also in the news thanks to the great state of Alabama, the lone state in the union that permits judges to overturn jury - mandated «life without parole» sentences and impose the death penalty instead, something judges have seen fit to do 95 times.

The Intervenor submits that the failure to impose a deterrent sentence would have a discriminatory and degrading effect upon the dignity and respect that must be accorded persons with disabilities, including particularly persons who are HIV positive and / or living with AIDS.

If an accused is charged under section 273 of the Criminal Code with Aggravated Sexual Assault, the maximum sentence that the court can impose is a term of life imprisonment.

According to a study released by the Brennan Center for Justice, trial judges in Alabama override jury verdicts sentencing criminal defendants to life and instead impose death sentences more often in election years.

In the UK, Parliament has legislated to enable judges to impose whole life sentences without the possibility of release, which for would be appropriate where punishment and retribution required detention for life in the literal sense.

After two juries convicted John Mark Clarke of two counts of second degree rape, the sentencing court imposed a maximum sentence of life imprisonment as required by statute.

A recent appeal court ruling has stated that whole life sentences can still be imposed by judges in England and Wales for the most serious cases of murder.

HELD (i) The existence of a mental disorder was not necessarily required before a discretionary life sentence could be imposed.

The court held that: (i) There is nothing unlawful about the imposition of a concurrent or consecutive sentence within either regimes relating to extended sentences, and where sentences of life imprisonment or imprisonment for public protection are imposed.

However, in the unique facts of Capt. Semrau's case, the greatest challenge faced by the prosecution may not be in proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt, but in maintaining moral legitimacy when imposing the obligatory life sentence for murder upon a decorated soldier who, if found guilty, would be responsible for an apparent mercy killing of an enemy combatant.

R. v. S.J.B. 2013 ABCA 153 Criminal Law — Sentencing — Considerations on imposing sentence — Mental illness or disorder The accused (Ms. B, 34 years old), pled guilty to manslaughter, attempted murder, and failure to provide necessities of life.

Both Courts can impose a sentence of life imprisonment.

The Court of Appeal quashed the life sentence that had been imposed and substituted a hospital order with restriction (Mental Health Act 1983, ss 37 — 41).