lesser sentence
1sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… …
2lesser-included offense — n. in criminal law, a crime which is proved by the same facts as a more serious crime. Example: Ignatz Itchy Fingers is charged with armed robbery, but the prosecution fails to prove Itchy used his pistol since the victims do not recall the… …
3cumulative sentence — see sentence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. cumulative sentence …
4commutation of sentence — The changing of a sentence imposed for crime to less severe punishment; the substitution of a lesser punishment for a greater by authority of law. 39 Am J1st Pard § 8 …
5Life imprisonment — or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, often for most or even all of the criminal s remaining life, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of… …
6Harmelin v. Michigan — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Harmelin v. Michigan ArgueDate=November 5 ArgueYear=1990 DecideDate=June 27 DecideYear=1991 FullName=Allen Harmelin v. State of Michigan USVol=501 USPage=957 Prior=Defendant convicted, sentenced; aff d, People v. Harmelin ,… …
71993 Bombay bombings — Infobox terrorist attack title=1993 Bombay Bombings location=Bombay, India target=Hotels, office buildings, banks, etc. date=March 12 1993 time=13:30 15:40 timezone=UTC+ 5.5 type= 13 car bombs (RDX) containing shrapnel. fatalities=257 [cite… …
8Criminal sentencing in the United States — In the United States, a judge sentences a person convicted of a crime. The length of the prison term depends upon multiple factors including the severity and type of the crime, state and/or federal sentencing guidelines, the convicted s criminal… …
9Benefit of clergy — In English law, the benefit of clergy (Law Latin Privilegium clericale) was originally a provision by which clergymen could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under… …
10Murder of Sarah Payne — Sarah s Law redirects here. For the un related California proposition also called Sarah s Law , see California Proposition 4 (2008). Sarah Payne Born Sarah Evelyn Isobel Payne 13 October 1991 Walton on Thames, Surrey, England …
