1. Inspectors want tougher sentences, including lifetime bans on keeping animals and heavier fines or even imprisonment. 2. Adding teeth to the enforcement should include heavier fines or even rescinding permits, Ratliff said. 3. If they do not want to send people to jail for animal abuse, they can still impose much heavier fines. 4. The officials also insisted that heavier fines be imposed if the industry did not meet targets for reducing youth smoking over the next decade, the representatives said. 5. White House officials have also insisted on heavier fines for the tobacco companies if youth smoking does not decline enough in the coming decade. 6. But it would like to see heavier fines, confiscation of goods, revocation of trading licenses and jail sentences. 7. He said the central government, more than ever, is determined to punish wrongdoers with heavier fines and civil and criminal penalties. 8. Heavier fines are not sufficiently deterrent, especially for companies. 9. The National Basketball Association warned its players Thursday to stop fighting or face heavier fines and longer suspensions. |