Example sentences of "years ['s] detention " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1678 , after more than 5 years ' detention on the barren rock , he was tried in Edinburgh and , with 60 other Covenanters , was sentenced to be banished to Virginia for the remainder of his life . |
| 2 | For example , in Birmingham in 1973 a young mugger was sentenced to a draconian 20 years ' detention amid enormous publicity , and yet this sentence made no difference to the incidence of mugging offences in Birmingham or in other areas ( Baxter and Nuttall , 1975 ; Beyleveld , 1990 : 157 ) . |
| 3 | Sentence : two years ' detention in a young offender institution . |
| 4 | Sentence : three years ' detention in a young offender institution . |
| 5 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
| 6 | Although the sentencer had exceeded his powers by passing a sentence of three years ' detention in a young offender institution , the error was automatically corrected by this provision and a lawful sentence resulted . |
| 7 | It followed that the Court of Appeal could not substitute a term of three years ' detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) , despite the fact that that sentence would have been available to the sentencer in the Crown Court , as there was an effective sentence in place . |
| 8 | Sentence : two years ' detention in a young offender institution . |
| 9 | The Court had reached the conclusion that it should quash the indeterminate sentence and substitute a sentence of seven years ' detention . |
| 10 | The implication of it relating strictly to tariff involves an assumption that the tariff advised was 17 years ' detention as punishment for retribution and deterrence . |
| 11 | A YOUTH was sentenced to four years ' detention yesterday after he admitted raping a girl at a birthday party . |
| 12 | A 21-year-old Liverpool man serving seven years ' detention for robbing women working in two Southampton shops was refused leave by the Criminal Appeal Court in London to appeal against his conviction and sentence . |