Sentences with phrase «involving mandatory sentencing»

While the film as a whole is a bag of mixed goods, Waugh does at least succeed in making laws involving mandatory sentencing look like a joke, though it is hard to laugh when some of those who break these laws pose very little threat to society, while the government puts the squeeze on them to snitch on others, putting themselves and their families potentially at risk.

Not exact matches

So you don't hear about mandatory prison sentences for people involved in gun crimes, say in Albany, New York, or downtown Utica.»

It is part an indictment of the ludicrous mandatory sentence drug laws, and part dramatic thriller, while only delivering on one big action scene late in the film involving Matthews trying to drive a semi containing a shipment of cash through the border to Mexico, while trying to avoid men with machine guns driving cars trying to take him down.

A spate of new aggravating factors to be considered on sentencing relate directly to fraud cases and a two - year mandatory minimum jail sentence will be imposed on anyone convicted of a fraud involving $ 1,000,000 or more.

But a new hot - button case — involving extreme sentences for two border agents due to the application of federal mandatory minimums — has lots of Republicans recognizing how federal sentencing can spin out of control.

Wrong as the court's order may be under Montana law (and it seems from the press coverage and statements by attorneys involved that the sentence is unlawful as it is far below the mandatory minimum), the judge can not just change his ruling.

The felony charges involved retaliation against a victim / witness, harassment and violation of bond conditions, and carried a mandatory sentence to prison upon conviction.

The felony charges involved, second degree assault - cause injury w / deadly weapon, carried a mandatory sentence of 5 - 16 years in prison upon conviction.

[2] The present appeal involves a scheme of escalating, mandatory minimum sentences for impaired driving convictions.

mandatory driving prohibitions) in the place of those charges that do carry minimum sentences that involve mandatory driving prohibitions.

To that end, the government enacted a number of mandatory minimum sentences — which almost always involves incarceration — in the belief that Canada's judiciary are too lenient.

If you are convicted of drug possession for sale, manufacture, or transport, and if the amount of the drug involved is above the statutory threshold amount, a mandatory prison sentence will be imposed.

In addition, the Criminal Code imposes mandatory minimum sentences for section 272 offences that are committed with a firearm, are committed in relation to a criminal association, involve a victim under the age of sixteen and / or are subsequent offences.

Mandatory sentencing laws can be differentiated from other state and territory laws that a federal government may not like, as they involve fundamental issues of compliance - of Australia - with human rights obligations.

Now I think the impact can be quite variable, because convictions are required, I'd suspect that it's probably, in many cases, going to be more difficult for convictions to occur, because I think it's a natural reaction that those who are involved in the proceedings work harder to make sure that if a mandatory sentence is likely, that it is resisted, if there is any possible doubt.