Sentences with phrase «said stiffer penalties»

Commenting on the anti-kidnapping and anti-cultism laws, the governor said stiffer penalties had been approved to discourage those who might want to be involved in the offences.

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Signas said stiffer penalties only apply to repeat offenders who drive recklessly.

New legislation that would increase penalties for prostitution near city schools — inspired by the anger over the open sex trade happening near PS 6 in West Farms — is getting some push back by a civil rights group that says the stiffer penalties will only make it harder for prostitutes to get out of the lifestyle.

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Senator Bill Nelson said «only stiffer enforcement and stringent penalties will help incentivize companies to properly safeguard consumer information.»

The member of the Ugandan Parliament behind a controversial «anti-gay» bill that would call for stiff penalties against homosexuality - including life imprisonment and the death penalty - says that the bill will become law «soon.»

«Hate crimes is something that we've always looked seriously at, but the increasing of penalties for certain classes, we've started to have problems with that, because we don't want to make it seem like one person's life or the crime that happens to them should have a stiffer penalty than say you or I. So, those have been some of the challenges that we've had.

In his online biography, he says he was the prime sponsor of stiffer penalties for employers who steal staff wages and a principal negotiator in raising the minimum wage, which is currently $ 8.75 an hour, rising to $ 9 next year.

«This reform package includes new disclosure requirements and stiffer penalties that will shine a light on what now is the shadowy intersection of government, lobbying and political consulting,» the Democrat said in a statement.

On other issues, the commissioner said he wanted to make resisting arrest a felony and called for stiffer penalties against people who post personal information about police officers.

Majority Leader Anthony Daniele says «lawmakers do support the Webster Provision» which calls for stiffer penalties for those convicted of killing a first responder in the line of duty.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) says Tiffany Heitkamp's law will mean stiffer penalties for anyone convicted on a BWI charge who also has a DWI history.

Kenya has imposed stiffer penalties - longer jail terms and bigger fines - for wildlife poaching or trafficking, saying poaching is harming tourism, a major earner of foreign exchange.

The reason the Crown sought such a stiff penalty was that the Client was said to be one of the Riot's «early instigators», and because the Client had not only taunted police, but had «sucker punched» and thereby assaulted a citizen who, as it turns out, was trying to put fires out (though that was not known to the Client).

The Trump administration said it will seek stiffer penalties against drug dealers — including the death penalty where appropriate under current law — and it wants the number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers to be cut by one - third nationwide as part of a broad effort to combat the opioid crisis.

For example, survey respondents said there needs to be stronger laws to prevent abusive debt collection practices as well as stiff monetary penalties needed for landlords who knowingly rent a property that is — or is about to be — in foreclosure.