Why did his one mistake get such a harsh sentence?
It was an unbelievably harsh sentence to fall on one so young.
Seven of them received harsh sentences up to several years in prison.
They also say no other juvenile in Florida has received so harsh a sentence for killing another child.
This harsher sentence has been retained to the current day.
Security officials said prosecutors would ask for the harshest possible sentence.
Yes, harsh sentences for corporate criminals will make me happy.
The harsh sentences given in recent days have led some monitors to believe that little has changed.
I have no doubt in my mind that you will give me a harsh sentence.
In fact, some thought that it was a harsher sentence than death.
Were they picked on by the police, the people in the, cos that seems a pretty severe sentence.
Some people argued that more severe sentences should be allowed.
If I find him guilty, it will have to be a severe sentence.
"The judge will take a recommendation from us for a more severe sentence if we want it."
They might have decided on a less severe sentence.
The effect of the conviction and severe sentences was a bad one on the union men.
The charges, he added, would have warranted a severe sentence.
Many of the families believed that the punishment was just; others had hoped for a more severe sentence.
Life without parole is the second most severe sentence known to American law, after the death penalty.
The higher court gave more severe sentences to the three appealing parties.