Sentences with phrase «penal sentences»

Let's reverse the disturbing trend of inflexible penal sentences and allow our fully - informed Judges to mete out fair sentences on a case - by - case basis.

The related trial of certain high - ranking banking executives concerning their conduct before the bank collapsed was the longest criminal trial in the history of the state and resulted in penal sentences, which are rarely imposed in Irish business crime cases.

Not exact matches

The prosecution called for him to be sent to a penal colony for 32 months, but instead he was given a three and a half year suspended sentence.

The offense is punishable by death or life imprisonment, according to Pakistan's penal code, and Bibi was sentenced to hang.

«It's two sentences in our penal code saying that you can't prosecute doctors — nothing about what your legal rights are.»

Clarke's sentencing review speech, in which he said some short sentences need to go, is supported by penal reform groups across the country.

• The penal system does not rehabilitated the youth sentenced under them • It actually makes juveniles more violent.

Passmore suggests that as a general rule one might have thought that a contested process in which the tribunal controlling the proceedings is empowered to make some sort of ruling that has mandatory consequences for a participant that are either penal in nature (such as a prison sentence, a fine or other form of sanction such as a suspension from practice) or otherwise require the participant to do something he or she does not wish to do (such as pay damages, obey an injunction or give an undertaking not to do something) are ones in which the privilege should be available.

Collateral consequences of criminal convictions include restrictions, penalties, and sanctions that are generally not included in penal codes or sentencing guidelines.

Moreover, restorative justice sanctions are more effective as a deterrent against shoplifting behaviour than formal penal sanctions such as a trial and sentencing.

However, the court underlined the evolution in European penal policy towards the increasing relative importance of the rehabilitative aim of imprisonment, particularly towards the end of a long prison sentence.