Sentences with phrase «physical imprisonment»

Depending on your circumstances, an experienced criminal defense lawyer may be able to work out alternatives to actual, physical imprisonment or incarceration.

Paul may desire parole from his physical imprisonment, yet even if he walks out of jail as a «free man,» he is still bound in obedient servitude to Christ.

Not exact matches

This harassment, apparently retaliatory, included loss of work responsibilities, demeaning comments in the presence of other employees, loss of entitlement to a pay enhancement and to disability accommodation, and physical assault and false imprisonment.

The second view is akin to the classical Greek vision of an immortal soul being liberated from imprisonment in the physical body.

I think all faiths are rubbish and have no problem criticising them all, but I acknowledge that it takes more physical courage to criticise islam in a moslem country where the faith is so shallow and rocky that it has often been reinforced by imprisonment, abuse and violence including murder.

«A consistent stream of virulent and inflammatory statements by political and religious leaders and an increase in harassment and imprisonment of, and physical attacks against, these groups has led to a renewal of the kind of oppression seen in the years immediately following the Iranian revolution,» the report says.

By defining «physical injury» to include the infliction of pain on a child, spanking has become a crime in Delaware punishable by imprisonment.

As ICHRI pointed out, Iran's criminal code permits a judge to «postpone» the sentence of a prisoner «suffering from physical or mental illness [whose] imprisonment would make his illness worse or delay his recovery.»

Through Solomon, then, McQueen forces the viewer to behold the slaves» degradation, anguish, and physical suffering, just as he did with the Maze Prison's miasmic squalor in Hunger and the pathological self - loathing of sex addiction in Shame, each film a prolonged howl of despair prompted by the horror of literal or spiritual imprisonment.

I didn't consciously set out to write about imprisonment, but Ruby's Spoon is a novel about incarceration and the quest for freedom, both emotional and physical.

Underscoring the irony and sarcastic implications of this sentence, Canevari defines and develops the idea of imprisonment as both a physical and psychological state.

A recent series, centered on the theme of mental, physical, and cultural imprisonment, was shown in the 2010 exhibition Betye Saar: CAGE at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery.

In addition, she has created a number of metal grid works, which allude to physical violence and imprisonment, leaving the observer with irreconcilable feelings of both beauty and horror.

The associations with imprisonment, torture and pain were suggested by the physical aspect of the work and the phenomenology of the materials used.

The act defines a violent felony as: «any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year... that — «(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another; or (ii) is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.»

Attempts to cause bodily injury, rape, false imprisonment, or physical abuse of a child can all be considered domestic violence.

Fault for a divorce in Virginia may be attributable to adultery, felony conviction and imprisonment, cruelty or reasonable apprehension of physical harm, or abandonment and desertion.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer, writing for the court in a 5 - 4 decision, declared in Zadvydas that «[f] reedom from imprisonment — from government custody, detention, or other forms of physical restraint — lies at the heart of the liberty that clause protects.»

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.

Furthermore, it may be difficult to quantify the potential health benefits of holding hands compared to the potential health benefits of avoiding physical harm, imprisonment or death.

This may be because of parental mental or physical ill health, domestic abuse, divorce or separation, alcohol or substance misuse, imprisonment or bereavement.

New Jersey also has general grounds for divorce, including adultery, abandonment for at least one year, physical or mental abuse, drug addiction, alcoholism, imprisonment for 18 months or longer or unusual sexual behavior.