Sentences with phrase «reduction in sentence»

There was a fundamental difference between, on the one hand, offering something lawful to which a person was not automatically entitled in law (such as the acceptance of pleas to fewer or lesser offences with a consequent reduction in sentence or assistance towards repatriation) and, on the other hand, threatening something unlawful against which the person would normally have legal protection (such as an irremediably unlawful sentence or, as in the Cobb case, homosexual rape).

The proposals, set out in Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders, include: rewarding early admissions of guilt with up to 50 % reduction in sentence; increased use of restorative justice measures; introducing reforms to make offenders directly compensate victims of crime; and simplifying the sentencing framework so that judges have more discretionary powers.

Sentencing Guidelines Council: Revised Definitive Guideline — Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea:

[54] Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea: Definitive guideline, Sentencing Council, 23 July 2007, at para. 4.2 (for cases where the first hearing was before 1 June 2017); Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea: Definitive Guideline, Sentencing Council, 7 March 2017, para.

The Truth in Sentencing Act, S.C. 2009, c. 29 (operative from Feb. 22, 2010), purported to correct the «untruthful» sentencing practice of awarding 2 days reduction in the sentence imposed for each day spent in pre-sentencing custody (PSC), which was awarded in compensation for terrible jail conditions suffered during PSC, and lost eligibility for release on parole.

See also Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea Guideline Consultation, Sentencing Council, 11 February 2016, Section 3, at para.

They may continue to do so at trial, although if convicted they will lose the reduction in sentence normally given for a guilty plea.

More controversially, new guidelines in relation to the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have been met with almost universal criticism by defence practitioners.

An example of a reduction in sentencing is, S. 1789 (111th): Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which was enacted after a number of attempts by both houses.

These include expanded «safety valves» for non-violent offenders; a reduction in mandatory minimums for some drug crimes; and a reduction in sentences for offenders who complete programs designed to reduce recidivation.

The Sentencing Guidelines Council has revised its guideline on reductions in sentence for guilty plea.

Not exact matches

«Mr. Black has never sought a sentence reduction for acceptance of responsibility — a decision that, under the government's own calculations of the Guidelines, cost him fully 21 months in extra prison time.»

Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein won't get any reduction in his 50 - year federal prison sentence despite arguing he deserved one for cooperating with the feds, who say he lied to them, a judge ruled Monday.

But Americans are curiously unwilling to learn from Europe, even though almost all member - states of the European Union have better policies and lower rates of addiction than the U.S.. On other points, Massing is in agreement with the harm - reduction approach: he favors free needles, methadone treatment, decriminalization of marijuana and repeal of mandatory sentencing.

In principle, you could write a free trade agreement on one page as long as it included the sentence «there will be no reductions on trade, no exceptions».

Shortening sentences for prisoners convicted of violent offenses may prove controversial, but meaningful reductions in the state's prison population depends on the release of some inmates who fall into this category.

Flip - floppery: A leader in The Telegraph lists some recent Government U-turns... on immigration, prison - building, automatic sentence reduction for guilty pleas, home information packs, marching yobs to cashpoints, no referendum on the EU Constitution, scrapping GP fundholding... we could all think of plenty more!

«Consequently, both have been sentenced to reduction in rank; from Corporal to Private Soldiers and 21 days imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) respectively, which includes forfeiture of 21 days pay to the federal government of Nigeria.

Another provision in the violent crime reduction bill would increase the maximum sentence for carrying a blade or point in public from two to four years, and Mr Johnson said the combination of measures would act as a deterrent to young people.

A few sentences embedded in the 140 - page Cassidy - Graham legislation would allow Alaska to avoid a reduction in government funding.

Does my right honourable friend accept that the millions of people who voted Conservative at the last election in order to make him prime minister did not do so in order to see a reduction in the number of people sent to prison or to see those criminals given softer sentences?

In contrast, comprehension fell to an average of 71 percent when volunteers read sentences with masked words, a statistically significant reduction.

In fact, our research shows that simply helping teachers share one sentence of feedback with parents each week decreased the percentage of students who failed to earn course credit from 15.8 % to 9.3 % — a 41 % reduction.

A story in the Feb. 5, 2003, issue of Education Week inadvertently omitted the word «not» from a sentence describing the views of Bill Montford, the superintendent of the Leon County, Fla., public schools, regarding a class - size - reduction plan put forward by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Attempting to tackle an optional special ops mission with a large sentence reduction quickly taught me that I hadn't learned to play quite so well on my own as the story missions had encouraged me to believe — enemies are increasingly aggressive and your health can slide away in the blink of an eye.

It will be illegal to keep some of these depending on your code level, forcing you to donate them to the state in return for entitlement points and a sentence reduction.

A sentence in Chapter 13 of the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability states: «Up to 40 percent of the Amazonian forests could react drastically to even a slight reduction in precipitation; this means that the tropical vegetation, hydrology and climate system in South America could change very rapidly to another steady state, not necessarily producing gradual changes between the current and the future situation.»

Because none of the developed countries were willing to make emissions reduction commitments congruent with what scientific community said was necessary to protect them, some of the most vulnerable developing countries saw the developed countries» positions in Copenhagen as ominous, perhaps a death sentence.

and you will only get a crappy old renovators dream up to and in excess of 1.5 million... and (Sorry for run - on sentence) the other tweak is a lovely shiny UN approved carbon reduction target... Our PM is a Globalist (Ex Goldman & Sacks CEO) and although we are facing blackouts this summer, and all our industries are doing the bolt, (As of last week Australia no longer has a car industry, our steel and smelting industries are on the verge of leaving as well) he is doubling down on his hysterical adherence to climate mania, even in the face of certain decimation.

Was it genuine concern from the authors that one small sentence in the IPCC may be wrong (or could be interpreted as such, depending on how «slight reduction in precipitation» was interpreted), or was it simply an attempt to generate some publicity?

«Rush to free crack inmates not expected despite ruling on sentence disparities; State prisoners not affected by U.S. ruling on sentence reductions»: This article appears today in The Dallas Morning News.

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

My firm represents people throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in these matters and also provides help with post-sentencing concerns such as sentence reduction hearings, early termination of probation hearings, and more.

75 The jurisprudence relating to sentence reduction as a Charter remedy has recently been reviewed by the Supreme Court in R. v. Nasogaluak, 2010 SCC 6 (S.C.C.), decided after this case was argued before the trial judge.

93 Here, while the Charter violations bear the «necessary connection to the sentencing exercise» as contemplated in Nasogaluak and Glykis, to open the door to a sentence reduction as a possible Charter remedy, the nature and degree of the state misconduct demand a remedy that goes beyond an adjustment to the sentence - a remedy that appropriately responds to the damage that misconduct such as this does to the foundation of our system of justice.

In exchange for pleading guilty, the prosecution offers a reduction in charges or lower sentencing recommendationIn exchange for pleading guilty, the prosecution offers a reduction in charges or lower sentencing recommendationin charges or lower sentencing recommendations.

Moreover, at the time of the imposition of a life sentence, it must be clear to the convicted person to a sufficiently precise extent what objective criteria will be applied in the review, so that he knows what requirements must be met, if he wants - eventually — to be considered for a reduction of his sentence or for (conditional) release.

R v. Nasogaluak, 2010 SCC 6 where Andrew Lokan and Danny Kastner represented the Canadian Civil Liberties Association at the Supreme Court of Canada and successfully argued that sentence reductions, even below mandatory minimum sentences, ought to be available as a remedy for unconstitutional state conduct in the criminal justice process.

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 request to the prosecuting party to divulge the evidence, such as the police report, the abridged report and an analysis of these documents in order to detect flaws that can make possible an acquittal or reduction of a sentence;

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.

There have been times historically, in Colorado, where more than a 50 % sentence reduction was available for «good time.»

The prosecution may offer you alternative sentencing, a lesser charge, a reduction of the number of felony counts, in exchange for a plea and other considerations.

There are a range of factors underlying this, including the rising cost of accessing legal services, the increase in the small claims limit and the dramatic reduction in legal aid effected by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012.

After considering other available remedies, including a reduction of sentence and the possibility of legal or disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Asselin, the trial judge held that a stay of proceedings was the only appropriate remedy in the unusual and troubling circumstances of this case.

We are mindful that the appropriate degree of sentencing reduction can not be calculated with mathematical precision, and there is a range of reasonableness available to the district court in any given case.

For starters, the US Sentencing Commission enacted a set of broad retroactive changes to the federal drug sentencing guidelines, with crack guideline reductions in 2007 and 2011 and the «Drugs -2» reductionSentencing Commission enacted a set of broad retroactive changes to the federal drug sentencing guidelines, with crack guideline reductions in 2007 and 2011 and the «Drugs -2» reductionsentencing guidelines, with crack guideline reductions in 2007 and 2011 and the «Drugs -2» reductions in 2014.

(ii) Where the fact of a guilty plea has resulted in a non-custodial sentence, no further reduction need be made.

Despite numerous setbacks in the courts during 2013 — mandatory minimum sentences overturned, «Insite» harm reduction drug treatment facilities getting constitutional protection, and the wholesale evisceration of Canada's prostitution laws — the Federal Tories have not wavered a single inch in continuing to pursue a flawed yet populist approach to crime management.

This factor should be taken into account and warrants a reduction of the sentence, as per the Supreme Court in R v Pham, 2013 SCC 15.