Meanings of heavy sentence in English

Justice Croucher said he did not want to crush that with a heavy sentence.

The major consideration is because they have a heavy sentence and they can't co-operate.

But no burglar would have received such a heavy sentence.

Prosecutors had sought the heavy sentence as a deterrent.

A heavy sentence, and well that it is not passed by a more competent judge.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the province have welcomed the heavy sentence.

We pray that this heavy sentence will the help the victims to find closure and healing,

The probability is that he'll get a heavy sentence and no doubt be banished from the country.

He is given a heavy sentence.

Thus run the official words of the reprieve addressed to the hearts ashore lying under a heavy sentence.

At a sentencing hearing at Belfast Crown Court, Justice Hart said the consequences of Northcott's attack warranted a heavy sentence.

The matter is serious enough for him as it stands, and he is certain to have a very heavy sentence.

She was given a very heavy sentence for engaging in non-violent political protest, extended by eight years for singing songs in prison.

He pleaded guilty to one count of sex with a minor but fled before the case was concluded, fearing a heavy sentence.

Liu said he was very angry and disappointed at both the heavy sentence and what he called the court's disrespect of the law.

They were all three found guilty, fined 5000 pounds each, condemned to lose their ears, and to be imprisoned for life, an astoundingly heavy sentence.