Sentences with phrase «of jail time deters»

Of course, this doesn't happen because the product is illegal; the prospect of jail time deters many entrepreneurs and the occasional drug bust ensures that the supply stays relatively low.

Not exact matches

Soldiers who have decided that it is worth risking their lives to slaughter members of another ethnicity, nationality, or political persuasion are unlikely to be deterred by the threat of jail time.

Akinrinade while delivering the 50th Year Memorial Lecture in honour of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, last Premier of defunct Western Region and the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan, noted that in as much as arresting, prosecuting and jailing of offenders can not be discarded as a means of tackling corruption and deterring others, «it is time we explored building the structures for a sustainable long term response that will transcend regimes and administrations in the country».

Maybe three years of jail time will deter another «book lover» from ripping off all of us.