The more serious the reason, the higher the maximum penalty can be.

The maximum penalty under law was four years in prison.

The Act also increased the maximum penalty from five to 14 years.

The maximum penalty for the three is 25 years in prison.

The financial settlement came close to the maximum penalty of $15 million.

Quite simply, we are to have a minimum level for the maximum penalty.

The sentence was to be decided by the Court, with a maximum penalty of 18 years.

The maximum penalty under the law is life without parole.

The maximum penalty in juvenile court would have been 20 years.

I want you to tell the prosecutor to ask for maximum penalties.

The four face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the charges.

Eight people have been charged under the article in the past six months; the maximum penalty is death.

The maximum penalty on that charge was a year in prison.

It is also right that we should discuss the maximum penalties.

She faced a maximum penalty of life in prison, and a $1 million fine.

The maximum penalty on the civil rights charges is life in prison.

The maximum penalty is life in prison or a death sentence.

Both men are facing a maximum penalty of a year in jail.

If convicted, each could face a maximum penalty of life in prison.

This could be up to £5, the maximum penalty for a first offence against the Act.

The two counts carry a maximum penalty of $10.5 million under Federal law.

They would each face a maximum penalty of 5 to 15 years in prison if convicted.

The maximum penalty set out by the Act was a year's imprisonment.

Both charges carry maximum penalties of 5 to 10 years in prison.

Those charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.