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Tourniquet Sentencing

A tourniquet sentencing is a legal term used to describe a sentencing process where severe penalties are imposed in order to make an example of the defendant and deter others from committing similar crimes.

Usage:

Noun:

During the trial, the judge opted for tourniquet sentencing, imposing a heavy fine and a lengthy prison term to discourage future tax evasion cases.

Verb:

The court decided to tourniquet sentence the white-collar criminal, hoping that the severe punishment would discourage other potential offenders.

Adjective:

The defendant's lawyer argued that the proposed tourniquet sentencing approach was unnecessarily harsh and disproportionate to the committed crime.

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