Sentences with phrase «stiffer sentences»
"Stiffer sentences" refers to harsher or stricter punishments that are given to criminals when they are convicted of a crime. It means longer prison time or more severe penalties for their actions. Full definition
Men are more likely than women to face custodial sentences for the same crimes, and typically receive stiffer sentences.
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Today's Globe and Mail and National Post are reporting that there are calls to change the Criminal Code to allow for stiffer sentencing for killing or injuring a police service animal.
The Crown prosecutors have filed their own appeal where they will argue that the couple should face stiffer sentences before another panel of Court of Appeal judges.
The Benefit Fraud Dept within the DWP remains woefully ill equipped and under resourced, and this must also be addressed by a future Tory Govt, along with stiffer sentences for benefit fraudsters, a lower threshold in terms of proving guilt, and a drastic tightening in the criteria for claiming I.B. Chris Grayling repeating a few tired old soundbites about forcing single mums back to work will just re-inforce the impression that we want to send little kids up chimneys again.
Congress passes very stiff sentencing laws with mandatory minimums and such, particularly drug cases now also child porn cases.
Mr. Bharara's office had sought much stiffer sentences, suggesting that an appropriate prison term for Dean Skelos would be about 12 to 15 years, and for Adam Skelos, about 10 to 12 years.
Cuomo says it would close a loophole that currently allows fentanyl sellers to avoid stiffer sentences.
It has imposed stiff sentences on offenders and ordered pharmacies to empty their shelves of tiger medications purported to cure ailments from convulsions to skin disease and to increase sexual potency.
Josh Marshall agrees in this post at Talking Points Memo, opining that as a matter of policy, courts do not like to grant plea withdrawals because defendants who get stiff sentences will always try to withdraw their plea.
A study of the sentencing practices of superior court judges suggests that their elections influence their behavior, with judges handing out stiffer sentences from the time they take the bench to their first election.
«But lawyer Joseph Neuberger, whose Toronto firm, Neuberger & Partners... says stiffer sentences are not the solution.
Given his extensive plea in mitigation, Grierson escaped what could have been an extremely stiff sentence, but will still serve three years.
Prosecutors wants stiffer sentence for former Liberian president for crimes against humanity, Reuters
«We had similar behaviour during the 2011 riots and most culprits were arrested and given very stiff sentences,» she said.
Rowland, once a rising star for the Republican Party, served 10 months in prison for taking illegal gifts while in office and now as a repeat offender faces the possibility of a much stiffer sentence.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo again has proposed adding more versions of fentanyl to the state's list of controlled substances, as a potential way to close a loophole that currently allows sellers to avoid stiffer sentences.
What's behind such a stiff sentence?
«Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption,» said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
The stiff sentence climaxed an astounding fall from the pinnacle of state government that Silver occupied for 20 years.
«Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption,» Bharara said in a tweet.
«Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption,» said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara, whose office's investigation led to the lawmaker's arrest in January 2015.
A government filing had demanded a stiff sentence near or within advisory guidelines of roughly 12 to 15 years for Dean Skelos and 10 to 12 years for Adam.
In a statement issued moments after the sentencing, Mr. Bharara said that the «stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption.»
US Attorney Preet Bharara — who earlier this year brought separate corruption cases that toppled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos from their leadership posts — lauded Karas» stiff sentence.
After the 12 - year sentence, Bharara issued a brief response: «Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption.»
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: «Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption.»
After Silver was sentenced yesterday, Bharara took to Twitter to say, «Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption.»
«Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption,» Bharara later said in a statement.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought the case, tweeted that the «stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption.»
Following the sentencing, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara released a statement that read, the «stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption.»
(Politist, Adj.) DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Wry Romanian Dramedy Released on DVD Compared to America, a country inclined to dole out stiff sentences to drug offenders, Romania is a place where a police officer might be rather reluctant to bust someone for a narcotics violation.
Couch, enraged at his sister, was arrested for the crime a week later and ultimately received one of the stiffest sentences for animal cruelty ever handed out in Oklahoma.
It is right that those that deliberately inflict horrendous crimes on cats such as abandoning, mistreating, shooting or poisoning cats will face stiffer sentences.
The defendants who will be hurt with a stiffer sentence after trial should be encouraged to plea, as should those who — for whatever reason — are being offered a sweet deal by the DA.
Prosecutors are trained to demonize convicted criminal defendants and to make the sentencing judge averse to having his or her face pasted on the newspapers» front pages in the event a sentenced defendant commits new horrid crimes after not receiving a stiff sentence.
A stiff sentence for Moore, he added, would show others that federal courts treat sex offenders harshly, whether or not there was a «real» victim involved.
In addressing causation at the hearing of this application, counsel for the plaintiffs explained the nexus between the RCMP defendants» conduct and the damages claimed as: had the RCMP officers conducted a proper investigation, Peter would have received a stiffer sentence.