Thus fines and noncustodial sentences may address the crimes seen as least serious, with lengthy imprisonment or (in some jurisdictions) capital punishment reserved for the most serious.

Justice Souter pointed to the lengthy imprisonments, some of which have exceeded six years, as "a factor insufficiently appreciated by the dissents."

But lengthy imprisonment, not hanging, is the appropriate punishment.

The journalists were threatened with "fine and lengthy imprisonment" if they told anyone about their attendance.

The others were sentenced to lengthy imprisonment, and the half of them were sentenced to death.

Violations can result in lengthy imprisonment.

The purported files, which were kept with a friend, would have ensured Jackson that he would never be sentenced to a lengthy imprisonment.

He has had difficulty in getting employment, due to his lengthy imprisonment.

Throughout his lengthy imprisonment, Fr.

After a lengthy imprisonment, it is revealed that their captor is Mr. Trappe.