Disproportionate sentences with the alleged purpose of reforming the offender were to be rejected.

Yes it is all about him, seeing as he's the one who has to do the time and has just received a ridiculously disproportionate sentence.

We also deplore the disproportionate sentences pronounced against prominent civil society activists in recent weeks.

It would create new anomalies, new sets of disproportionate sentences, not previously present."

We believe that his trial was politically motivated and have issued a statement calling for his disproportionate sentence to be reconsidered.

Regrettably, renewed pressure on civil society and a number of particularly harsh and disproportionate sentences have ruined this positive atmosphere.

Much of the debate today was centered on trying to define the current state of the law on the question of disproportionate sentences.

The question should be "is it right to give rioters disproportionate sentences for the crimes they committed compared to other criminals perpetrating this crimes elsewhere?"

The Supreme Court has long held that the Eighth Amendment's bar on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits disproportionate sentences.

In this case, the statutory safeguard failed, and the state court was left to ensure that the Eighth Amendment prohibition on grossly disproportionate sentences was met.

The Excessive Fines Clause and the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit certain disproportionate sentences.

Because the law on disproportionate sentences was not clearly established, the Ninth Circuit's grant of habeas corpus did not meet that test, Douglas P. Danzig, a California deputy attorney general, told the court.

But over all, Mr. Cherepanov contends, at least half of those confined in the camps, including those charged with nonpolitical crimes, are victims of fabricated charges, hasty judgment, disproportionate sentences - and nearly all suffer from cruel conditions.

While I too feel for Mr. Friedman and his family, and agree with his assessment of prison years as "wasted," I can't help thinking that for your next article on disproportionate sentences, a little more research might be in order.

During this time, a number of activists had already been jailed for illegal actions against the Indochina War, but the Martin Affair stands out due to the disproportionate sentence of five years for a simple political activity against military regulation.