sentencing option

collocation in English

meaningsofsentenceandoption

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sentence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.təns/us
/ˈsen.təns/
a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter ...
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option
noun
uk
/ˈɒp.ʃən/us
/ˈɑːp.ʃən/
one thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make ...
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(Definition ofsentenceandoptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsentencing option

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More important, to have such a restrictedsentencingoptionwould lead to the criminal justice system being brought into disrepute.
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Tagging was never considered as a viablesentencingoptionthat would provide an excuse to halve sentences imposed by the courts.
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I believe that it is right, as mentioned in subsection (4), that in the worst cases imprisonment should be asentencingoption.
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This is a new non-custodial option and a newsentencingoption.
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If the available resources are not there, that is onesentencingoptionwhich will not be open to him.
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This is not intended to be anothersentencingoption.
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They are firmly of the view that the death penalty should be retained for the five service offences for which it remains asentencingoption.
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Community punishment is asentencingoptionavailable to magistrates when convicting those who graffiti.
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The services are firmly of the view that the death penalty should be retained for the five service offences for which it remains asentencingoption.
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Community sentences, supervised by the probation service, need to be a crediblesentencingoptionfor tackling offending behaviour.
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There is no specificsentencingoptioncalled time served.
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There seems to be no othersentencingoptionavailable.
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Restitution of property is a noncustodialsentencingoption.
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Home detention became asentencingoptionthat can only be imposed by the sentencing court.
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This non-custodialsentencingoptionwas introduce to the act along with options such as reprimand as well as non-residential programs or attendance orders.
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Thissentencingoptionwill only take place if the government has established programs and the courts have received approval of the provincial director.
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The intent of thissentencingoptionis to provide more support than probation and is often used to promote the use of community-based and rehabilitation sentences.
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Texas has no life without parolesentencingoption, and no one can guarantee this defendant would never be freed to commit other crimes were his sentence commuted.
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I believe that too much is made of the fact that the measure reduces the courts' sentencing options.
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We shall also introduce two new sentencing options, which should have a major effect on the behaviour of road users.
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