Sentences with phrase «short prison sentences»

The community sentences were often justified by supporters as a better alternative to the high number of short prison sentences.

He said the courts were giving short prison sentences because there were not enough alternative punishments, and that he wanted to make community sentences tougher.

Napo argued courts would be forced to use short prison sentences if no resources are available for community orders.

Some on the left find themselves cheering at Ken Clarke's plan to ditch short prison sentences, the scrapping of ID cards, the suspension of stop - and - search, the reining in of CCTV and an inquiry into British complicity in the torture of suspected terrorists.

Since he gave a speech in the summer in which he said the courts were dishing out too many short prison sentences, he has been portrayed as an arch liberal.

A new report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission says that federal courts handled more than 17,000 cases this year brought by crack cocaine offenders seeking shorter prison sentences.

When Martha Stewart emerged from her short prison sentence in 2005, it was to find that her fortune had increased by $ 200 million.

After a short prison sentence, he reinvented himself as a Christian leader and founded Prison Fellowship, which calls itself «the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families,» with a presence in 113 countries.

John Fox, 66, who pled guilty in August to defrauding his wine customers at Berkeley's bankrupt Premier Cru of $ 45 million, got a shorter prison sentence because he paid for sex...

After the low of a short prison sentence in 2012, Watford stuck by him and he has repaid that faith through his performances on the pitch.

Community punishment can be more effective than short prison sentences, a Ministry of Justice document will argue today.

«In particular, short prison sentences that do nothing to tackle the underlying causes of crime are particularly ineffective at reducing re-offending.

But on Thursday, G. Robert Gage Jr., one of the former senator's lawyers, suggested instead that his client receive a short prison sentence.

The setup is simple enough: A father (Denzel Washington) gets a free pass from jail in order to convince his superstar son (Ray Allen) to go to a college so he can earn a shorter prison sentence.

Rahman served a short prison sentence and since -LSB-...]

The California sentencing law, however, allowed judges to find facts to determine whether a longer or shorter prison sentence was warranted.

«Non-custodial community sentences such as unpaid work, supervision, behaviour programmes, drug rehabilitation, alcohol treatment and curfews are often more effective in preventing reoffending than short prison sentences.

That, who did not appear before the court or not pass drug tests are arrested and are generally imposes a short prison sentence.