lesser sentence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflesserandsentence
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lesser
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈles.ər/us/ˈles.ɚ/
used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as ...
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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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Far too many of the criminals involved receive alessersentenceeven though they might face a life sentence.
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So that if this section was not there the prison population might be less, because the judge might pass alessersentence.
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It will not hear the man's side—he will not worry; he has got off with alessersentenceanyway.
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We shall also give power to the court to give alessersentence.
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That is an offence punishable by dismissal with disgrace or a term of imprisonment or somelessersentence.
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He had served his sentence: he was convicted and gaoled for four years, although his co-defendant received alessersentence.
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Only the prospect or the probability of somelessersentenceis likely to induce them to surrender without a fight.
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In fact, the court is precluded from sentencing the accused to death, but may pass alessersentence.
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Why should the admission of guilt entitle a criminal to alessersentencethan that for someone who exercises the right to go to trial?
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Why should a defendant receive a different andlessersentencein another court for the same offence on the same evidence after a contested trial?
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In other words, the court could not pass alessersentencesimply because it considered that to impose the minimum length of sentence would be unjust.
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Will he institute an inquiry to consider the advantages of giving judges the opportunity to pass an appropriate and oftenlessersentencerather than the automatic life sentence?
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Cases in which alessersentenceis imposed are, from a practical point of view, on an entirely different footing from the case of the death sentence.
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That must be a case where a plea of guilty warrants alessersentencethan the case where the accused man insists on all the evidence being heard.
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They would be able to substitute a lesser one only when the judge had explained why thatlessersentencewas necessary in the interests of justice.
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But, then, could we legislate to the effect that, in a capital case, the capital sentence required a unanimous verdict while a majority verdict led to alessersentence?
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It is not true that, where a sentence is not mentioned, and mentioned to be discretionary, the court has the power to pass anylessersentence.
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Capital punishment is an instant and awesome end, and any man sentenced to it would willingly commute it to alessersentence.
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Pleas of diminished responsibility or provocation are the two ways in which a person who is obviously guilty of the crime can be given alessersentence.
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The first-time defendant is likely to receive alessersentencethan a defendant on a similar charge who is back for his third or fourth offence.
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