1. Both men are facing a maximum penalty of a year in jail. 2. Maximum penalties, and occasionally fixed penalties, are set out in statutes and periodically revised. 3. Millard said he would seek the maximum penalty of life in prison without parole. 4. She faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. 5. The Government wants to reduce penalties for honest business failures while increasing the maximum penalties on dishonest bankrupts. 6. The maximum penalty for either offense is five years in prison. 7. The maximum penalty for premeditated murder is death or life imprisonment. 8. The proposed maximum penalty for indecent assault, however, was five years. 9. The sentencing powers of magistrates are subject to certain general statutory restrictions in addition to the maximum penalties prescribed for each individual offence. 10. These are serious offences, carrying the same maximum penalty as the full offences. |