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- adjective Relating to a
judicial sentence . - noun The act of
pronouncing a judicial sentence on someoneconvicted of acrime . - noun colloquial The act of
creating one or more completesentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases. - verb Present participle of
sentence .
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Examples
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Remembering of course that proportionality in sentencing is now the key phrase … .. on January 7, 2008 at 10: 18 am | Reply inspectorgadget
Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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The role of the courts in sentencing is that it does good for society, that test is hard.
No Alarms and No Surprises (2) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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The laws are too lenient, the leeway in sentencing is too broad, the level of concern for CRIMINALS is non-existent.
Sound Politics: State "Supervision" Fails Again - Another Dead Cop 2006
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The moonbats will claim the sentencing is another Karl Rove hat trick.
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The Progress article (06/05/02) on the sentencing is here.
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He will be punished ( "sentencing" is in the future, bright kids) some time in the future.
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I agree with you that some sentencing is too long, and probably unnecessary, particularly for the extremely aged population.
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In addition, the penal statute adopted by the First Congress demonstrates that proportionality in sentencing was not considered a constitutional command.
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Lobbying dollars and campaign contributions are used to push "tougher" laws such as "three strikes", mandatory minimum sentencing, and "truth in sentencing" - all of which increase the duration of sentences.
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And even if you were right, necessity would nonetheless play a role in sentencing as a mitigating factor.
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