Even if no proof of incompetence could be demonstrated, Stewart contended, a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a lay judge was on its face violative of the due process clause:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of imprisonment imposed under this paragraph shall not run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment imposed under any other provision of law.

Nearly all German bishops, clergy, and laymen rejected the legality of the new laws, and were defiant facing the increasingly heavy penalties and imprisonments imposed by Bismarck's government.

It is expressly provided that work incidental to serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court of law is not forced labour.

The offender was on licence at the time of the offence from a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment imposed in 1981.

The film, set in remote 19th-century China, features the lifelong friendship between two women, Lily and Snow Flower, and their imprisonment imposed by the strict cultural codes of conduct for women at that time.

At first, most courts ruled that a sentence of imprisonment imposed upon revocation cannot be followed by an additional term of supervised release, unless the defendant is convicted of a new crime for which supervised release is an authorized punishment.

However, any term of imprisonment imposed shall not exceed one-half of the longest term provided for the offence.

One cause of overcrowding in contemporary prisons, not only in Texas, has been the rise in the number of sentences of imprisonment imposed by the courts.

Lundy's non-parole period was increased from 17 years to 20 years - which is the longest non-parole period of imprisonment ever imposed on a New Zealander given a life sentence.