But his crimes had not warranted execution, only banishment.

I'm not arguing that white-collar crime never warrants a prison sentence.

The criterion for the complainant, and then the judicial officials, was the amount of punishment which the crime warranted.

Judge Richard Floyd said the crimes did not warrant the death penalty.

And Federal prosecutors typically leave to state courts those cases that involve juveniles whose crimes may warrant them being treated as adults.

The Law of Yaroslav put restrictions on what crimes warranted execution.

His efforts later revealed that less than ten crimes a year actually warranted the death penalty in Dunhuang.

This has the effect of ensuring that the jury will be willing to hand down a sentence of death, if they feel the crime warrants it.

That crime does not warrant the involvement of the ministry at this time.

No crime warrants the sort of torture these men underwent while in police custody.