Sentences with phrase «relatively few sentencing»

The penalty imposed in the case is a meaningful addition to the relatively few sentencing decisions that currently exist.

Not exact matches

I can offer only anecdotal evidence in response to your suggestion that the idea that many district court judges feel that the Guidelines are too harsh is «silly,» but the district court judge for whom I clerk definitely feels that way and has imposed many below - Guidelines sentences since Booker (relatively few of which have been appealed by the government).

One of the most contentious aspects of the hugely controversial Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) relates to the «mandatory telephone gateway» whereby those relatively few people still entitled to what is left of the legal scheme will be obliged to pick up the phone before they receive any advice.

The rules relating to itinerants should affect relatively few sex offenders: it would be inappropriate to pass community sentences on them since it would be difficult, if not impossible, to supervise those offenders who are homeless; neither is it likely that anyone would be released directly from prison without a home to go to.

But, as a general rule, it's wise to keep the profile at a few sentences - one relatively short paragraph or a few well - chosen bullets.