Sentences with phrase «sentences than those penalties»

Not exact matches

Mixed race suspects were more likely to be sent to court than given a police disposal; Black and mixed race defendants were more likely to be remanded in custody prior to their hearing date; Black defendants had a higher chance of being acquitted than white ones, suggesting that different standards of evidence may be applied to cases involving different groups of defendants; Mixed race teenagers were more likely than others to be given a (more serious) community sentence than a (less onerous) first tier penalty or referral order.

The statement adds that «the monocratic judgment on this sentence leaves us puzzled» — a reference to the fact that only one judge was involved — and says the penalties are mild and «symbolic rather than anything else.»

His sentence consists of more than $ 750 in court costs and fines, the maximum penalty in such cases being a $ 750 fine, a possible prohibition on animal ownership and up to 90 days in jail.

Appointed by the U.S. District Court to represent the first person tried in a federal death penalty case in the Southern Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, resulting in a life sentence rather than a death sentence;

This paper claims that a process - based conception of proportionality offers a stronger defence of judicial discretion in sentencing than the current framework offers; it better respects institutional roles and provides a more principled basis for declaring the current structure of mandatory minimum penalties unconstitutional.

Jail sentences of any length are a severe penalty for OHS offences, which, generally, are offences of omission (i.e. failing to do something required) rather than offences of commission (i.e. recklessly or intentionally committing a prohibited act).

However, the authors understand that the jail sentences imposed by the court were not more than the penalty sought by the Crown.

Finally, at least one other large firm, Covington and Burling, is busy with a pro bono matter — it's working frantically to spare defendant Larry Smith from a capital sentence, after a jury convicted him and recommended the death penalty in less than 30 minutes, according to this extensive story on Alabama's court - appointed program for criminal indigents seeking appeal.

By an 8 to 4 vote, the Alabama jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment without parole rather than the death penalty for the defendant.

According to article 271 paragraph 1 of the Swiss Penal Code (PC), «[a] ny person who carries out activities on behalf of a foreign state on Swiss territory without lawful authority, where such activities are the responsibility of a public authority or public official, any person who carries out such activities for a foreign party or organisation, [or] any person who encourages such activities, is liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty, or in serious cases to a custodial sentence of not less than one year.»

Among other things, the amendments render inadmissible — without right of appeal — permanent residency applicants who have received a six - month custody sentence for an offence with a maximum 10 - year penalty, or a sentence longer than six months for an offence with a maximum penalty less than 10 years.

Any individual who has violated more than one law in the perpetration of a rape may have to face additional sentencing penalties in addition to the original eight - year sentence.

Represented the first person tried in a federal death penalty case in the Southern Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, resulting in a life sentence rather than a death sentence.

If we were to focus more on the sentence imposed rather than the maximum penalty, the impact would be more proportionate.

Under Section 621 (a)(2)(A) of the FCRA - any person who violates any of the provisions of the FCRA may be liable for a civil penalty of not more than a two year jail sentence and $ 2,500 per violation.

His lawyer has said Cruz will plead guilty in return for a life prison sentence, rather than possibly facing the death penalty.