Sentences with phrase «reducing a sentence as»

As a recent federal ruling, U.S. v. Dicus (reducing a sentence as a sanction for prosecutorial misconduct) proves, legal scholarship can have an impact on the outcome of a case, even if a paper hasn't been published in a top journal.

Where leave is granted the Court of Appeal will consider representations as to the appropriateness of the sentence and have the power to uphold the sentence or reduce the sentence as they see fit.

Not exact matches

In defending his record, Sessions is likely to point to his vote to confirm Eric Holder as the country's first black attorney general and to his co-sponsorship of the Fair Sentencing Act, which sought to reduce racial disparities in how black and white drug offenders are treated.

With regard to the meaning of the last sentence, I do agree with David Boucher's interpretation of reducing its meaning to being a reference to the following term's lectures.36 In my view, however, it is the last but one sentence which is of utmost importance here, referring as it does to Collingwood's concept of objective idealism, as elaborated in «Realism and Idealism» and adumbrated in «The Function of Metaphysics in Civilization.

Editorial comics in several U. S. newspapers, as well as Newsweek and Time, ridiculed the conversion, claiming that it was a ploy to reduce his sentence.

As reported by the Metro, the Chilean international has admitted to the charges and repaid the money owed with interest to ensure that the sentence was reduced.

This amended a number of previous acts to reduce the disparity in sentencing for those found in possession of crack cocaine as opposed to powder cocaine.

As far as I am aware, pardoning means to reduce a sentencAs far as I am aware, pardoning means to reduce a sentencas I am aware, pardoning means to reduce a sentence.

It comes as the government looks at ways to reduce the prison population, and shadow home affairs minister Edward Garnier warned that this drive must not lead to more lenient sentences.

A diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes may seem to carry the weight of a life sentence, but for many people, adopting key lifestyle changes, such as a healthier diet and exercise, can help manage, reduce, and even eliminate diabetic symptoms.

After Clyde Shelton's [Gerard Butler] wife and child are both murdered the prosecuting lawyer, Nick Rice [Jamie Foxx], decides to cut a deal with one of the two murderers so as to get a reduced sentence and send the other on death row.

That total of the increase required by the proceeding sentence shall be derived by proportionately reducing the allotments to each of the remaining States under the first sentence of this section, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any of such remaining States from thereby being reduced to less than $ 50,000.

The allotment to any State (other than Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) under the first sentence of this subsection for any fiscal year which is less than one - quarter of 1 per centum of the amount appropriated under subsection (b)(1) of section 100, or $ 2,000,000, whichever is greater, shall be increased to that amount, the total of the increases thereby required being derived by proportionately reducing the allotments to each of the remaining such States under the first sentence of this subsection, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any such remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than that amount.

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Just writing that sentence has reduced me to tears, as I know I could not leave my pets under any circumstances.

«As fast as paradise seduces tourist, tourist reduces paradise», this sentence is not just a mere slogan but if we take look of what happen in Bali nowadays; it becomes truisAs fast as paradise seduces tourist, tourist reduces paradise», this sentence is not just a mere slogan but if we take look of what happen in Bali nowadays; it becomes truisas paradise seduces tourist, tourist reduces paradise», this sentence is not just a mere slogan but if we take look of what happen in Bali nowadays; it becomes truism.

Rather, as the very opening sentence of the summary explains, they posited a «a reduced warming trend during the next 10 years».

A number of participants, including the UK, Slovenia and Austria, found a sentence on climate change reducing yields, as compared to a baseline without climate change, lacking transparency for policymakers.

roger actually tried to have it both ways: In one sentence he says, as you note,» but we know now that the trend since 1950... reduces..

As a closing example of the sloppiness of the Nordhaus and Shellenberger polemic, consider this sentence: «To be sure, the effort to reduce and stabilize global greenhouse gas emissions will require a major regulatory effort to make sure that everyone is playing by the same rules, provide a stable investment environment for nations and businesses, and increase the cost of fossil fuels relative to cleaner energy sources.»

In others, obtaining a reduction in the charges against you, a reduced sentence or getting you placed in a diversionary program as an alternative to jail may represent a tremendous victory.

However, this will at best reduce your sentence, it will not make something count as self - defence.

As Professor Doug Berman at the Sentencing Law and Policy reports, a Northern District of Iowa judge reduced a defendant's sentence to punish the prosecution for a serious breach of the terms of the plea agreement.

Prop 47 is considered a significant step for criminal justice reform, as it rolls back outdated sentencing guidelines and safely reduces prison population and spending.

Again, the prime focus is to achieve quick pleas of guilty at the earliest possible moment in a trial process, effectively the first hearing in the Magistrates Court, with a reducing discount on the sentence for every hearing in which a plea is not tendered as the process continues.

The Criminal Law tends to punish lightly and though the chief sentence cases are lower, the number of crimes does not reduce, thus severe punishment should be used as a warning to others.

As the press report suggests, Gates could and seemingly will be getting his sentence significantly reduced via 5K1.1 of the federal sentencing guidelines by providing «substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense.»

But it strikes me as highly problematic for a judge, prior to sentencing, to tell a defendant that a reduced sentence will be possible if (and perhaps only if) the defendant engages in specific life - altering personal behavior.

It is not disputed that she was wilfully blind to the nature and quantity of the drugs she carried, but the sentencing judge did not find that to have reduced her moral culpability or that it was mitigating as the Crown contends.

The courts will do what they can to help reduce, and, so far as practicable, eradicate it... it is important for public confidence in the criminal justice system that the man or woman caught in possession of a knife or offensive weapon without reasonable excuse should normally be brought before the courts and prosecuted... whatever other considerations may arise in the individual case, sentencing courts must have in the forefront of their thinking that the sentences for this type of offence should focus on the reduction of crime, including its reduction by deterrence, and the protection of the public.

A bipartisan consensus in Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010, reducing disparities between mandatory minimum sentences for different drugs, in part «because the public had come to understand sentences embodying the 100 - to - 1 ratio as reflecting unjustified race - based differences.»

These changes should be made retroactive as the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 proposes in order to reduce excessive punishments for those already sentenced.

As with the opposition to the 2009 Truth in Sentencing Act, which reduced the credit given for time served before sentencing, the undermining of the Increasing Offenders» Accountability for Victims Act exacerbated the tension between the government and the Sentencing Act, which reduced the credit given for time served before sentencing, the undermining of the Increasing Offenders» Accountability for Victims Act exacerbated the tension between the government and the sentencing, the undermining of the Increasing Offenders» Accountability for Victims Act exacerbated the tension between the government and the judiciary.

The exclusion of those who have committed serious crimes may support a number of subsidiary rationales: prevent people fleeing from justice; prevent dangerous and particularly undeserving people from entering the host country; preserve the integrity and legitimacy of the refugee protection system, and, hence, the necessary public support for its viability; deter states from exporting criminals by pardoning them or imposing disproportionately lenient sentences while supporting their departure elsewhere as refugees; allow states to reduce the danger to their society from all serious criminality cases taken together, given the difficult task and potential for error when attempting to determine whether criminals from abroad (on whom they have more limited sources of information than on domestic criminals) are no longer dangerous.

A pretty large volume of the entire U.S. Court of Appeals docket involves sentencing decisions where guilt is not disputed, and surely panel sentencing in cases with potentially long sentences would reduce that and might even be money saving for the federal judicial branch as a whole despite the extra effort invested at the trial court level, in addition to furthering justice by balancing out extreme stances.

While comprehensive reforms to lower federal mandatory minimum sentences remain aspirational, there are other policies on which the right and left agree that could have as much, if not more, impact in reducing the nation's incarcerated population while maintaining public safety.

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