Sentences with phrase «penalty for a crime»

When you break a rule there is a certain penalty for your crime.

A new penalty for crimes at the level of running piracy websites and file sharing servers has been introduced, which can result in up to six years in jail.

The measure also increases penalties for the crimes of bribery and self - dealing, strips pensions from corrupt government officials, closes the loophole that allows virtually unlimited campaign donations from corporations, and calls for voluntary public financing of elections.

In 2014, Florida Statute 825.103 «Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult» became effective, which makes it easier for authorities to prosecute persons who exploit elders and increases penalties for crimes committed against elders.

Buchwald says the proposition goes as far as the state can go «given the constraints of the U.S. Constitution... You can't pass a law ex post facto that increases penalties for a crime committed in the past.»

Most murderers, even in Texas, do not receive the death penalty for their crimes.

Hopefully, your abuser will also be convicted in criminal court, receiving a criminal penalty for the crimes against you, such as prison time.

The death penalty, it may be urged, is the only just penalty for a crime such as murder; it is the only fair retribution.

A senator in the Philippines is hoping to usher in harsher penalties for crimes that involve cryptocurrencies.

In March, Philippine Senator Leila M. de Lima submitted a bill that would make penalties for crimes more stringent when those transgressions involve «cryptocurrencies, notably bitcoins.»

She also disagrees with de Blasio on the lower penalties for crimes like public urination and littering.

It can not help but occur to me that Eliot Spitzer paid no such penalty for his crimes while I received a sentence, which seems quite harsh for a first - time, non-violent offense.»

«What is so conservative about saying that individuals who commit crimes against New Yorkers should pay the proper penalty for those crimes?»

It also seeks to improve mental health services, strengthen penalties for crimes committed on school grounds, define school shootings as acts of terrorism, require schools to perform active shooter drills four times a year, and provide school personnel with panic buttons.

On November 4, 2014, California voters passed California Proposition 47, also known as the Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative or The Safe Neighborhoods & Schools Act.

Republican Rep. Lynn Luker says the bills also try to match an appropriate penalty for the crimes.»

The Criminal Code does not specify the exact penalty for crimes, rather it provides a maximum penalty and in some situations a minimum penalty.

While the goal of the juvenile justice system is, ostensibly, to rehabilitate our youth, many prosecutors in the state may seek to make an example of your child by increasing the potential penalties for the crime.

The sentence imposed in your case exceeds the maximum allowable penalty for the crime of which you were convicted;

Driving While Intoxicated, or DWI, is a serious offense and you will pay financial penalties for this crime for many years afterward.

The local authorities would like to see me face a harsher penalty for my crime.

If there were penalties for crimes against clubs in transfer windows he would get Life with no parole or the guillotine since he is French.

A bill in the Senate of the Philippines would increase the penalty for crimes that involve virtual currency.

There must be a penalty for sin, just like there is a penalty for crime.

The death penalty is a penalty for a crime committed by a human.

In our time, we have a legal / moral concept that the penalty for a crime must be proportional to the severity of the crime.

When a man decides to murder innocent people, what should be the penalty for his crime?

When the crime of rape and child molestation is commited — what should be the penalty for this crime?

The wide public saw someone they could identify with and thought of ways to prevent him from being executed as that was the penalty for his crime of failing a military coup d'état.

The penalty for this crime would largely be a matter of politics - how far is the legislature willing to push?

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

Sequel to the game of the same name from» 88, Bionic Commando sees Nathan «Rad» Spencer, hero from the original, facing the death - penalty for a crime he did not commit.

If this is your second strike offense, the penalties for your crime can be doubled.

The penalties for these crimes range from fines to a relatively short jail sentence to a felony record and a long prison term.

The penalties for crimes involving drugs are dependent upon several factors:

This document, provided by the Illinois General Assembly Research Unit, provides an overview of penalties for crimes.

«The struggle for justice has been long and painful for Mr. Hardin and Mr. Clark who served more than 20 years and whom the Commonwealth twice threatened with the death penalty for a crime they did not commit,» said Seema Saifee, a staff attorney with the Innocence Project, which is representing Hardin.

The penalties for this crime will also differ according to the jurisdiction.