Sentences with phrase «lower penalties for crimes»

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If the penalty for a crime is too low, raise it for everyone convicted of the crime.

These lawyers are apt in negotiating for lower penalties even if the defendant could be guilty of such crimes.

However, for some reason X has some bizzare rules that makes them far more lenient towards my crime - maybe the leaders X are all horrible racists towards Bob's race, which means it's both more likely that I will be found «innocent» of the crime despite my having done it and I face a drastically lower penalty if found guilty.

If you have been charged with rape, sexual assault, prostitution, child pornography or any other sex crime you must as a matter of urgency contact an experienced attorney capable of disproving the charges wherever possible and otherwise advocating in court for the lowest penalties available.

In 1999, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimated that there were 2.5 million arrests of juveniles.1 In1997, juvenile courts handled almost 1 800 000 delinquency cases.2 On an average day, more than 106 000 youth are in custody in juvenile facilities.3 Almost60 % of detained youth are African American or Hispanic.3 Moreover, recent changes in the laws, such as mandatory penalties for drug crimes and lowering the age that juveniles can be tried as adults, have resulted in more juveniles serving time than ever before.