Sentences with phrase «penalties as a deterrent»

By taking away the spot foul for a forty yard pass with incidental contact, it limits the offense's ability to exploit what would have been a difficult completion, while still keeping a 15 - yard defensive penalty as a deterrent.

A primary function of special costs awards is to provide a penalty as a deterrent for conduct worthy of rebuke.

Not exact matches

Sociological evidence on the deterrent effect of the death penalty as currently practiced is ambiguous, conflicting, and far from probative.

One study from the University of Colorado found that 88 percent of America criminologists did not believe that the death penalty was an effective deterrent, and 91 percent believe politicians support the death penalty merely as a way to appear tough on crime.

«When our association discovered that bats could be altered and gain enhanced performance above our bat standard, stiffer penalties were instituted as a deterrent,» wrote Craig Cress, the president of ASA, in an email to me years ago when I first started examining this story.

Lewis Hamilton has weighed in on the Max Verstappen penalty debate, saying it wouldn't have been an issue if there had been a proper deterrent, such as grass, surrounding the track.

While looking for an answer to this question, I first thought «well, are there civil penalties of some sort that might act as a deterrent as well?»

This enhanced penalty ensures that perpetrators are charged with felony animal cruelty charges when they face other felonies, such as burglary, and would serve as a deterrent to make criminals think twice before executing an animal or face additional jail time.

«But I do not believe in the death penalty, and I do not believe that the death penalty would have acted as a deterrent in this case.»»

We need a concerted effort to track down these crimes and make sure the companies who are owing, pay with hefty penalties to serve as deterrent to others.

In September 2011, she told the BBC's Question Time programme that she would support the reintroduction of the death penalty because she believed it would act as a deterrent to crime.

Mumuni urged the Attorney General of the Federation and those of the states to seek stiffer penalties for convicted corrupt officials and to minimise the use of plea bargaining to serve as deterrent.

If we are able to find out who did it and probably prosecute them and apply the penalty, I believe that it will serve as a deterrent to people who engage in mob justice.»

The move was apparently spurred on by a law that went into effect last year, which instructed federal agencies like NHTSA to revise their civil penalties to better align with inflation and continue to act as a deterrent.

«Fertility tourism» is the somewhat derisive term for cross-border travel to access artificial reproductive services that are restricted or unavailable in the traveler's home country.123 Such tourism can be a two - way street.124 Canada, for example, imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides compensation to a gestational surrogate.125 The risk of a serious fine and even jail time acts as a deterrent to Canadians who have no access to altruistic surrogates within Canada.126 The restrictions encourage Canadians to access ART services in the United States or other countries.127 On the other hand, Canada can be an attractive destination for intending parents who are not Canadian but who have access to an altruistic Canadian surrogate because the public health system greatly reduces the medical costs for the pregnancy and birth of the baby.128 India has a growing reputation for providing low - cost gestational surrogacy as it allows women to be compensated for providing such services.129 All of these scenarios present potential LRW problems addressing contract interpretation and enforceability.

This is partly owing to the continued globalisation of commerce, as well as the increasing enthusiasm of some prosecutors to use expansive theories of corporate criminal liability to extract exorbitant penalties against corporations as a deterrent, and public pressure to hold individuals accountable for the misconduct.

However, the higher the charge, the less likely it is to be a justified commercial arrangement as opposed to a deterrent penalty charge.

A total of 28 recommendations are provided by the IAG report, focused on four key areas: transparency in contract assignments and providing incentive and commission information to clients; the perception that the council was administrating with a «light hand» and penalties are not severe enough to serve as a deterrent; education requirements that made it too easy for unscrupulous entrants; and too many industry and association organizations that confused the public.