Sentences with phrase «point of a prison sentence»

Surely the point of a prison sentence is so that a person isn't continually punished their entire life for one crime and that they are able to learn from their mistakes and allowed to return to some modicum of normality once they've righted their wrongs.

Not exact matches

1991 was the season of the «Nearly Invincibles» losing just 1 league game, but was marred with a points deduction following the Manchester United brawl and our club captain getting a prison sentence for drink - driving.

The crucial point is that any act, which reduced the sentencing for, say, possession of marijuana would have to explicitly state that it is being applied retroactively in order to automatically release people from prison (a physical and administrative act that, itself, may take a while).

The takeaways of the four point plan to address the changing face of extremism on home soil were: cross-border regulations of the free internet, removal of safe havens, tough conversations and longer prison sentences.

Both he and Pryce, who was convicted by a jury, have served prison sentences for perverting the course of justice when she took speeding points for her then - husband in 2003.

Huhne and Pryce have served prison sentences for perverting the course of justice after she took speeding points for her then - husband in 2003.

Are you able to point to any possible downside (other than the fact that you will be going to prison once millions of middle - class people learn about the role you have played in supporting the biggest act of financial fraud in U.S. history — that's not a good reason because the reality is that your prison sentence will be a lot shorter if you come clean today than it will be if you do not come clean until after the next price crash)?

Black is the Day, Black is the Night is a conceptual exploration into the many facets of human identity using notions of time, accumulation, memory and distance through personal correspondence with men serving life and death row sentences in some of the most maximum security prisons in the U.S., all of which had served between 13 - 26 years at point of contact.

Celebrating the extraordinary but tragically short life of British playwright Joe Orton, this exhibition explores the points where his interests and career came into contact with issues of crime and justice — including the inventive collages and interventions he made in library books, but for which he was penalised with a six month prison sentence.

My climate enemies have done scientific and other academic frauds; they've destroyed, withheld and pretended to misplace scientific data in order to prevent the human race discovering things about nature; they've forged documents to frame people they don't like; mendaciously and publicly accused innocent people of deplorable crimes that carry prison sentences; betrayed the trust reposed in their professions by fraudulently abrogating to themselves the magical competence to diagnose entire swathes of the (perfectly healthy) population with thought disorders just to score points in an academic bitch fight; deliberately and self - servingly lied to * massive * audiences about the way science itself works — than which I can't for the life of me think of a greater crime against humanity in the recent history of the developed world, can you Joe?

Once the score sheet is tallied, any total point value of less than 44 means that prison is not required, even though the judge may still chose to impose a prison sentence.

Confessing to scepticism on this point, Cross notes that «[i] t is impossible to train men for freedom in a condition of captivity,» and suggests that the notion that people can be reformed by being sent to prison has had a baneful influence on the courts by encouraging them to impose prison sentences more frequently and to lengthen them in the name of rehabilitation.

The headline points are: ● prolonged, persistent and deliberate bad driving and consumption of drink and drugs puts offenders in the most serious category with jail sentences of at least seven years; ● a combination of these features of dangerous driving accompanied by aggregating factors, such as a bad driving record, attracts sentences towards 14 years; ● careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs provides for a longer sentence, as the degree of intoxication increases; ● regarding mobile phones — an offender distracted by a handheld mobile phone when the offence was committed will be treated as particularly serious; ● reading or composing texts over a period of time at the wheel is also likely to result in a higher level of seriousness and offenders should serve up to seven years in prison.

Overseeing these appeals, McFarlane LJ concluded «each one of those points is devoid of any merit» and deemed the prison sentence justified in order to hasten the sale of the Paris property.

Eventually, a friend pointed them to the Web site of the Illinois Department of Corrections, where they learned that Giblin was paroled from prison in 2006 where she had been serving a three - year sentence for theft and passing bad checks.

At Sentencing Law and Policy, Doug Berman points to yesterday's examination by The Washington Times of the case of Antwuan Ball, who faces 40 years in prison over a $ 600 drug deal.

Motorists face a sentence of up to two years in prison if the use of either device causes a fatal accident, and a # 100 fine and three penalty points on - the - spot if drivers are deemed to be distracted by the gadgets while at the wheel.