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is sentencing

  • present progressive
    of sentence (3rd person singular).
    sentence
    noun
    a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.

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My position on home confinement has always been that is sentencing somebody to watch movies and TV and order food.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2022

A federal judge is sentencing the former head of Mississippi’s prison system to nearly 20 years in prison in a wide-ranging corruption case.

From Washington Times ● May 24, 2017

The most challenging part of the job is sentencing those found guilty of a criminal offense, Roberts wrote, balancing the perspectives of prosecutor, defendant and victim and guided by legislative directive and sentencing guidelines.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2016

He remains free on bail until is sentencing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2016

It’s certainly part of a larger effort that I have been involved in dealing with, this whole question of criminal justice reform, whether it is sentencing policies, charging policies, law enforcement deployments.

From Time ● Dec. 4, 2014