"sentence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The public was bewildered as to what Blake had done to deserve such a draconian sentence.
- In doing so he has made clear that the decision to uphold these draconian sentences was not based on the facts of the actual case before him.
- During the crack epidemic, Congress and the states imposed draconian mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.
- Stories about hellish conditions, draconian sentences, physical brutality and the neglect of rehabilitation saturate the news media.
- The draconian sentence for blasphemy was, however, eventually reduced to a mere fine of £50 on appeal.
- Does it make economic sense to mandate draconian minimum sentences?
- What explains the overwhelming public reaction against the draconian sentence?
- You are arguing that the draconian sentences handed out to students for minor public order offences were "justice"?
- This statement was sufficiently subversive in Laos to incur a draconian sentence.
- They were placed directly in the armed forces and court-martialed, receiving draconian sentences and harsh treatment.
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