Judges must, he said, retain discretion over sentencing.

That's possible, though Federal prosecutors retain discretion to leave cases to the states if the load grows too heavy.

In most states, homosexuality no longer disqualifies a parent from custody, although judges retain enormous discretion.

Regulators will retain great discretion in assaying compliance, but they will be under pressure to back their decisions with statistics.

Commanders retain discretion to decide how the symbol is used in their organizations consistent with these guidelines.

The United States government retains exclusive discretion to determine whether or not to post such links.

In the absence of more guidance from appeals courts, judges retain much discretion.

British local authorities still retain considerable discretion over the way in which they run their services and the level of service they provide'.

Capital standards are too low; regulators still retain too much discretion.

The Governor retains full discretion for any Admiralship requests.