automatic sentence

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meaningsofautomaticandsentence

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automatic
adjective
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/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/us
/ˌɑː.t̬əˈmæt̬.ɪk/
An automatic machine or device is able to operate independently of ...
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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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(Definition ofautomaticandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That purpose is to maintain judicial discretion within the framework of an expectation of anautomaticsentence.
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On this view it will be conclusive for the purposes of theautomaticsentencethat the offences were qualifying ones.
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I have not advocated anautomaticsentenceof three years for anybody.
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It is anautomaticsentencewith a tariff which can he at the discretion of the judge.
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A presumption in favour of an indeterminate sentence is a far cry from anautomaticsentencewith exceptions only for genuine, very special, exceptional circumstances.
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There is a difficulty here when theautomaticsentencewould be life imprisonment.
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What is the reason for anautomaticsentence?
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Since then there has been, so far as our researches indicate, only one case where anautomaticsentencehas been imposed.
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One referred to the fact that anautomaticsentencedoes not have to be imposed if there are exceptional circumstances relating to either the offences or the offender.
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There will be absolutely no incentive for any accused person to plead guilty if the consequence of doing so is that he or she will attract anautomaticsentence.
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Theautomaticsentenceis life imprisonment.
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I should also make it clear that we want automatic sentences of not less than seven years for repeat drug offences.
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Does he not see some risk of automatic sentences turning out to be idiotic sentences?
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I refer to the imposition in certain circumstances of automatic sentences.
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We are talking of a large number of persons who were sentenced under a regime which had no connection with those automatic sentences at all.
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If that is the case, that problem can be addressed in other ways than by the imposition of automatic sentences.
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Additionally, for those who interfere with witnesses and jurors, we should have more severe and automatic sentences.
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Clause 1 provides for the imposition of automatic sentences of life imprisonment.
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Automatic sentences are always objectionable, and usually wrong.
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