Sentences with phrase «of life imprisonment»

The charge carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment in federal prison, and a potential lifetime of supervision.

The crime of fund fraud, meanwhile, carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

2) Penalty for Drug Trafficking or importing: The penalties for drug trafficking or importing (depending on the drug) can range from a non-custodial sentence to a maximum term of life imprisonment.

There is no doubt that there are mothers presently serving mandatory sentences of life imprisonment for murder who should not be incarcerated and who require treatment.

The law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom and death penalty in the event of death of a kidnapped victim.

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

In the review, the question that needs to be addressed is whether there have been such changes on the part of the convicted person and whether he or she has made such progress in their resocialisation that the continued implementation of life imprisonment is no longer justified.

There will be heavier sentences, including the possibility of life imprisonment where there has been kidnapping and false imprisonment.

As for the significance of choking as an aggravating factor, Justice Graesser noted that as a separate offence, it is subject to a maximum sentence of life imprisonment under section 246 (a) of the Criminal Code.

He is thus denied his right to be presumed innocent and subjected to the potential penalty of life imprisonment unless he can rebut the presumption.

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.

This paragraph provides that if defendants are 18 years or over and it appears that they committed an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment while on bail in criminal proceedings, they may not be granted bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk of their committing an offence while on bail.

With a mandatory sentence, the lack of such discretion will sometimes be a problem, but perhaps not always — I'm not aware, for instance, of people arguing that the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 25 years, which Canada imposes for premeditated murder, is unjust.

A company director is facing the prospect of life imprisonment after becoming the first person to be charged under a new corporate manslaughter law.

Zhang Yaojun, a senior partner at Beijing Zhongwen Law Firm, called it the biggest fundraising fraud case in China, with a potential punishment of life imprisonment.

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.

The Prohibition of the Act of Kidnapping Law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom.

By an 8 to 4 vote, the Alabama jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment without parole rather than the death penalty for the defendant.

The criteria used in this context should not be so stringent that release is allowed only when a serious illness or other physical obstacle stands in the way of the further implementation of life imprisonment, or upon reaching an advanced age.

The offence will carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for some categories of cyberattack.

It has been argued that, even if the penalty of life imprisonment were acceptable on other grounds, our society could not reasonably be asked to pay the cost of maintaining convicted murderers in prisons for the remainder of their natural lives.

Any doctor who does intervene in this way could face prosecution for murder, which carries a sentence of life imprisonment.

As the law stands at the moment, helping someone to end their life constitutes murder, which carries a sentence of life imprisonment.

Perverting the course of justice carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, although the average sentence is around 10 months.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Section 287 stipulates three - year jail term for offenders, while kidnapping offences in Lagos State attract a penalty of life imprisonment or capital punishment.

See R. v. Oland 2015 NBQB 245 (September 2, 2015), a pre-trial voir dire that led to a conviction for second degree murder and a sentence of life imprisonment, but with minimum parole ineligibility as recommended by the jury; see: R. v. Oland 2016 NBQB 43.

«Since but for the injuries received in the accident, and the result in personality change, the claimant would not have committed the criminal acts for which he was serving a sentence of life imprisonment, he was entitled to damages to compensate him for being in prison...»

Section 344 of the Criminal Code sets out that a conviction of robbery can result in a penalty of life imprisonment.

An individual accused of robbery could potentially face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment (in the case where a firearm is used).

Where an offender meets the criteria of dangerousness, there is no longer any need to protect the public by passing a sentence of life imprisonment, since the public is now protected by the imposition of the sentence of imprisonment for public protection.

At the moment, voluntary activie euthanasia in the UK is considered murder which can lead to a sentence of life imprisonment.

The death sentence would be automatically suspended substituting a term of life imprisonment but the suspension could be lifted if the DCP criteria were met.

At the time, conviction for trafficking in the narcotic carried a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

When Bill C - 75 becomes law, for all but those facing the most grievous type of crimes — those with maximum sentences of life imprisonment: murder, aggravated sexual assault, aircraft hijacking, etc. — the discovery of Crown witnesses becomes significantly curtailed.

Section 15 (1) substitutes a new para 6 of Pt 1 of Sch 1, BA 1976 and provides that if defendants are 18 years or over and it appears to the court that, having been released on bail in or in connection with the proceedings for an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, they failed to surrender to custody, they may not be granted bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk that, if released on bail, they would fail to surrender to custody.

Both Courts can impose a sentence of life imprisonment.

Documentary of the story of Sara Kruzan's journey from being sexually trafficked as a young girl to her conviction for murder and sentence of life imprisonment.

A conviction for gross negligence manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, while a conviction for corporate manslaughter against an organisation attracts an unlimited fine — considering that the HSE recorded 228 fatal accidents at work since April 2008, this should be a huge concern for employers.

Each charge carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.